Morebilus

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Morebilus
Hemicloea major.jpg
M. plagusius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trochanteriidae
Genus: Morebilus
Platnick [1]
Type species
Morebilus plagusius
Species

13, see text

Morebilus is a genus of spiders in the family Trochanteriidae found in southern and western Australia, first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002. These are large spiders, with the carapace of males ranging from 10 to 16 millimeters and those of females ranging from 10 to 24 millimeters. [2] They look similar to members of Rebilus , especially the spinneret and tarsal claw, but members of this genus have an inclined lip at the anterior edge of the sternum as well as a pair of enlarged sclerites on the coxal glands. [2]

Species

As of February 2019, it contains 13 species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Trochanteriidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  2. 1 2 Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–243. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2.