Paraembolides
| Paraembolides | |
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| Paraembolides variabilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Hexathelidae |
| Genus: | Paraembolides Raven, 1980[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. boycei (Raven, 1978)
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| Species | |
|
8, see text | |
Paraembolides is a genus of Australian funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven in 1980.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains eight species:[1]
- Paraembolides boycei (Raven, 1978) (type) – Australia (Queensland)
- Paraembolides boydi (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Paraembolides brindabella (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
- Paraembolides cannoni (Raven, 1978) – Australia (Queensland)
- Paraembolides grayi (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Paraembolides montisbossi (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Paraembolides tubrabucca (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Paraembolides variabilis (Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Paraembolides Raven, 1980". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1980). "The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata)". Journal of Arachnology. 8: 251–266.