Australothele

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Australothele
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euagridae
Genus: Australothele
Raven, 1984 [1]
Type species
A. maculata
Raven, 1984
Species

7, see text

Australothele is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Robert Raven in 1984. [2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seven species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Australothele Raven, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Raven, R. J. (1984). "Systematics of the Australian curtain-web spiders (Ischnotheline: Dipluridae: Chelicerata)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 93 (suppl. Ser.): 1–102. doi:10.1071/ajzs093.