Irileka is a monotypic genus of Western Australian huntsman spiders containing the single species, Irileka iridescens. It was first described by D. B. Hirst in 1998,[2] and is found in Western Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Irileka Hirst, 1998[1] |
| Species: | I. iridescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Irileka iridescens Hirst, 1998
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Irileka Hirst, 1998". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Hirst, D. B. (1998). "Irilika, a new heteropodine genus (Araneae: Heteropodidae) from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 19: 141–144.