Westrarchaea
Appearance
Westrarchaea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Malkaridae |
Genus: | Westrarchaea Rix, 2006[1] |
Type species | |
W. sinuosa Rix, 2006
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Species | |
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Westrarchaea is a genus of Western Australian shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006.[2] As of June 2019[update] it contains only three species, found only in Western Australia: W. pusilla, W. sinuosa, and W. spinosa.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Westrarchaea Rix, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Rix, M. G. (2006). "Systematics of the Australasian spider family Pararchaeidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (2): 203–254. doi:10.1071/IS05032.