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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 58
The new Australian Ground-Hunting Spider Genus Leichhardteus (Araneae: Corinnidae)
Baehr, B.C. & Raven, R.J.
Published online: 10 October 2013
Citation
Baehr, B.C. & Raven, R.J. 2013 10 10: The new Australian Ground-Hunting Spider Genus Leichhardteus (Araneae: Corinnidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 58: 339–358. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.58.2013.2013-12
Accepted
4 April 2013
Published online
10 October 2013
Peer reviewed
Yes
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.58.2013.2013-12
Keywords
Biogeography, Morphology, New Species,Taxonomy, Corinnidae
Abstract
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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