Paraembolides

Paraembolides
Paraembolides variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Hexathelidae
Genus:	Paraembolides Raven, 1980 [1]
Type species
P. boycei (Raven, 1978)
Species
8, see text

Paraembolides is a genus of Australian funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven in 1980. ^[2]

Species

As of May 2019 ^[update] it contains eight species: ^[1]

• Paraembolides boycei (Raven, 1978) (type) – Australia (Queensland)
• Paraembolides boydi (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Paraembolides brindabella (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
• Paraembolides cannoni (Raven, 1978) – Australia (Queensland)
• Paraembolides grayi (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Paraembolides montisbossi (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Paraembolides tubrabucca (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Paraembolides variabilis (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)

References

1. "Gen. Paraembolides Raven, 1980". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-11.
2. Raven, R. J. (1980). "The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata)". Journal of Arachnology. 8: 251–266.