Paraembolides

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

Paraembolides
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

Species

As of May 2019 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.


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