Biology:Westrarchaea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Westrarchaea
Scientific classification e
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
Species
  • Rix, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia) Rix, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • W. sinuosa W. pusilla
  • Rix, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia) W. spinosa

Westrarchaea is a genus of Western Australian shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006.[2] (As of June 2019) it contains only three species, found only in Western Australia: W. pusilla, W. sinuosa, and W. spinosa.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Westrarchaea Rix, 2006. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2244. Retrieved 2019-07-04. 
  2. Rix, M. G. (2006). "Systematics of the Australasian spider family Pararchaeidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Invertebrate Systematics 20 (2): 203–254. doi:10.1071/IS05032. 

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