Austrarchaea karenae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Archaeoidea

Familia: Archaeidae
Genus: Austrarchaea
Species: Austrarchaea karenae

Name

Austrarchaea karenae Rix & Harvey, 2012: figs. 9, 18, 25

Holotype: QMB S43060, ♂.

Type locality: Windsor Tableland, [Windsor Tableland National Park], 1.2 km past barracks, Queensland, Australia, 16°15'S, 145°02'E, QM berlesate, stick brushing, rainforest, 1060 m, 24.XI.1997, G. Monteith.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Dr Karen Edward, for her contributions to our understanding of Wet Tropics biogeography, and for her great friendship to MGR and MSH over many years.

References

Primary references

Rix, M.G.; Harvey, M.S. 2012: Australian assassins, part III: a review of the assassin spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1-55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.218.3662 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Windsor Tableland Assassin Spider

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