Celaenia is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1868. Species it contains eleven species: Celaenia atkinsoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand Celaenia calotoides Rainbow, 1908 – Australia (New South Wales) Celaenia distincta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania) Celaenia dubia (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) Celaenia excavata (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia, New Zealand Celaenia hectori (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – New Zealand Celaenia olivacea (Urquhart, 1885) – New Zealand Celaenia penna (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand Celaenia tuberosa (Urquhart, 1889) – New Zealand Celaenia tumidosa Urquhart, 1891 – Australia (Tasmania) Celaenia voraginosa Urquhart, 1891 – Australia (Tasmania) References Araneidae Spiders of Australia Spiders of New Zealand Araneomorphae genera Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell