Zephyrarchaea

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Zephyrarchaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Archaeidae
Genus: Zephyrarchaea
Rix & Harvey, 2012 [1]
Type species
Austrarchaea mainae
(Platnick, 1991)
Species

11; see text

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 . [2] 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. [1]

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Differentiation from Austrarchaea

They are distinguished from Austrarchaea by a notably shorter carapace, the distribution of long hairs (setae) on the male chelicerae, and by the shape of the conductor of the male palpal bulb. The Australian Alps may be a barrier dividing the two genera. [2]

Species

As of April 2019 the genus contains eleven species: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Zephyrarchaea Rix & Harvey, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. 1 2 Rix, M. G.; Harvey, M. S. (2012). "Australian assassins, part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia". ZooKeys (191): 1–62. Bibcode:2012ZooK..191....1R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.191.3070 . PMC   3353492 . PMID   22639534.


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