Biology:Knotodo
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Knotodo is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae.[1]
Distribution
Knotodo is endemic to Australia, with species distributed across the southern and southwestern regions of the continent.[1]
Etymology
The genus name is a combination of knot (in the meaning of "twisted, complex") and the genus Odo Keyserling, 1887, where the type species was first based.[2]
Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes eight species:[1]
- Knotodo coolgardie Raven, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Knotodo eneabba Raven, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
- Knotodo gracilis (Hickman, 1950) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland)
- Knotodo muckera Raven, 2023 – Australia (South Australia)
- Knotodo narelleae Raven, 2023 – Australia (Victoria)
- Knotodo nullarbor Raven, 2023 – Australia (South Australia)
- Knotodo shoadi Raven, 2023 – Australia (Victoria)
- Knotodo toolinna Raven, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Knotodo Raven, 2023". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A06092. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
- ↑ Raven, R. J.; Hebron, W.; Williams, K. (2023). "Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae)". Zootaxa 5358: 1-117. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5358.1.1.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q123325937 entry
