Attenuizomus mainae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Schizomida |
Family: | Hubbardiidae |
Genus: | Attenuizomus |
Species: | A. mainae |
Binomial name | |
Attenuizomus mainae | |
Synonyms | |
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Attenuizomus mainae is a species of schizomid arachnid (commonly known as a short-tailed whip-scorpion) in the Hubbardiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1992 by Australian arachnologist Mark Harvey. [1] [2]
The species occurs in the Top End of the Northern Territory, inhabiting plant litter in open forest habitats. The type locality is the Stuart Highway, 230 km south of Darwin. [1] [2]
The arachnids are terrestrial predators. [2]
Idiopidae, also known as armored or spiny trapdoor spiders, is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.
Caddidae is a family of harvestmen arachnids with 15 known species, the only family of the Eupnoi superfamily Caddoidea.
Zephyrarchaea is a genus of Australian assassin spiders first described by Michael Gordon Rix & Mark Harvey in 2012 for nine new species and two that were formerly placed in the genus Austrarchaea. The name is based on the Latin zephyrus, meaning "west wind", referring to the western distribution in Australia and a preference for windy, coastal habitats by some species. It has been encountered in Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia.
Pediana is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.
Zephyrarchaea mainae is a species of spider, informally known as Main's assassin spider, Albany assassin spider, and the Western archaeid spider. The first of the assassin spider family found in Western Australia, the species was unknown until its collection at Torndirrup National Park near Albany was published in 1987.
Attenuizomus is a genus of hubbardiid short-tailed whip-scorpions. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described by Mark Harvey in 2000.
Blakistonia mainae is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Sophie Harrison, Michael Rix, Mark Harvey and Andrew Austin. The specific epithet mainae honours arachnologist Barbara York Main, who first collected Blakistonia specimens at the type locality in 1986, for her lifelong commitment to the study of Australian trapdoor spiders.
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Gaius mainae is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Michael Rix, Robert Raven and Mark Harvey.
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