Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: I. Amauropelma gen. nov. (Araneomorphae: Ctenidae)

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ABSTRACT – Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: I. Amauropelma gen. nov. (Aranemorphae: Ctenidae). A new genus Amauropelma is described from north-eastern Australia and includes 16 new species: AmauropeIma anzses, AmauropeIma bluewater, Amauropelma claudie, AmauropeIma gayundah, AmauropeIma gordon, Amauropelma lzasenpuschi, AmauropeIma leo, AmauropeIma mcilwraith, AmauropeIma monteithi, Amauropelma mossman, Amauropelma pineck, AmauropeIma rifIeck, AmauropeIma torbjorni, AmauropeIma trueloves (type species), AmauropeIma undara, and AmauropeIma wallaman. The characters of the genus challenge existing family diagnoses of the Miturgidae and Ctenidae.

Author(s) Robert J. Raven, Kylie Stumkat and Michael R. Gray
Volume
Supplement 64 : Subterranean Biology in Australia 2000
Article Published
2001
Page Number
187

DOI
10.18195/issn.0313-122x.64.2001.187-227