Australothele

Australothele
Scientific classification
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
Species
7, see text

Australothele is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Robert Raven in 1984.[2]

Species

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

1. "Gen. Australothele Raven, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
2. 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.