Australothele is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Robert Raven in 1984.[2]
| Australothele | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Species edit
As of May 2019[update] the genus contained seven species from New South Wales (NSW) or Queensland (QLD):[1]
- Australothele bicuspidata Raven, 1984 – NSW
- Australothele jamiesoni Raven, 1984 – NSW, QLD
- Australothele maculata Raven, 1984 (type) – QLD
- Australothele magna Raven, 1984 – QLD
- Australothele montana Raven, 1984 – NSW
- Australothele nambucca Raven, 1984 – NSW
- Australothele nothofagi Raven, 1984 – NSW, QLD
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Australothele Raven, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ 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.