Open AccessThe new Australian Ground-Hunting Spider Genus Leichhardteus (Araneae: Corinnidae)
Author(s) -
Barbara C. Baehr,
Robert J. Raven
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
memoirs of the queensland museum - nature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2204-1478
pISSN - 0079-8835
DOI - 10.17082/j.220401478.58.2013.2013-12
Subject(s) - spider , rainforest , key (lock) , genus , zoology , biology , ecology , geography
The new corinnid genus Leichhardteus is described including eight new species from eastern Australia: L. albofasciatus, L. badius, L. bimaculatus, L. conopalpis, L. garretti, L. kroombit, L. reinhardi and L. terriirwinae. A key to the species is provided. Only one species is widely distributed, four species are collected only in rainforests and three species are recorded only from a single location.
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