Karaops

Karaops
K. raveni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Selenopidae
Genus:	Karaops Crews & Harvey, 2011[1]
Type species
K. ellenae Crews & Harvey, 2011
Species
54, see text

Karaops is a genus of Australian wall spiders that was first described by S. C. Crews & Mark Stephen Harvey in 2011.[2]

Species

As of March 2023^[update] it contains fifty-four species, found in New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia:[1]

• Karaops alanlongbottomi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops badgeradda Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops banyjima Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops burbidgei Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops conilurus Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops dalmanyi Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops dawara Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops dejongi Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops deserticola Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
• Karaops durrantorum Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops ellenae Crews & Harvey, 2011 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops feedtime Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops forteyi Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops francesae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops gangarie Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops garyodwyeri Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops jaburrara Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops jarrit Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops jawayway Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops jenniferae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops joehaeneri Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops julianneae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops kariyarra Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops karrawarla Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops keithlongbottomi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops kennerleyorum Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops kwartatuma Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops larapinta Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops larryoo Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops madhawundu Crews, 2023 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops malumbu Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops manaayn Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Karaops mareeba Crews, 2023 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops markharveyi Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Karaops marrayagong Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Karaops martamarta Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops monteithi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops morganoconnelli Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops mparntwe Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops ngarluma Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops ngarutjaranya Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
• Karaops nitmiluk Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops nyamal Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops nyangumarta Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops nyiyaparli Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops pilkingtoni Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops raveni Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Karaops strayamate Crews, 2023 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops toolbrunup Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops umiida Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops vadlaadambara Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
• Karaops yumbu Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops yumbubaarnji Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops yurlburr Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)

See also

• List of Selenopidae species

References

1. "Gen. Karaops Crews & Harvey, 2011". World Spider Catalog Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
2. Crews, S. C.; Harvey, M. S. (2011). "The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental region". ZooKeys (99): 1–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.99.723. PMC 3118779. PMID 21738435.