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Australian Spiders 1 42 Checklist of Australian Spiders (total of 3,903 species in 676 genera and 87 families* by Volker W. Framenau Version 1.42: Friday, 17 January 2020 For feedback and corrections please contact: [email protected] *The family Stenochilidae occurs in Australia (Framenau, Baehr, Zborowski 2014) but since no species have been published for this country, this family is currently not listed with any species below. this page: Araneomorphae Agelenidae Oramia Araneomorphae Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837 Modern Funnel-web Spiders Oramia Forster, 1964 frequens (Rainbow, 1920) Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 domestica (Clerck, 1758) Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1870 Mesh-web Weavers Dardurus Davies, 1976 agrestis Davies, 1976 nemoralis Davies, 1976 saltuosus Davies, 1976 silvaticus Davies, 1976 spinipes Davies, 1976 tamborinensis Davies, 1976 Daviesa Koçal & Kemal, 2008 gallonae (Davies, 1993) lubinae (Davies, 1993) Oztira Milledge, 2011 affinis (Hickman, 1981) aquilonaria (Davies, 1986) kroombiti Milledge, 2011 summa (Davies, 1986) Storenosoma Hogg, 1900 altum Davies, 1986 bifidum Milledge, 2011 bondi Milledge, 2011 forsteri Milledge, 2011 grayi Milledge, 2011 grossum Milledge, 2011 hoggi (Roewer, 1942) picadilly Milledge, 2011 smithae Milledge, 2011 supernum Davies, 1986 tasmaniensis Milledge, 2011 terraneum Davies, 1986 Page 1 of 99 this page: Araneomorphae Amaurobiidae Storenosoma victoria Milledge, 2011 Tasmabrochus Davies, 2002 cranstoni Davies, 2002 montanus Davies, 2002 turnerae Davies, 2002 Tasmarubrius Davies, 1998 hickmani Davies, 1998 milvinus (Simon, 1903) pioneer Davies, 1998 tarraleah Davies, 1998 truncus Davies, 1998 Teeatta Davies, 2005 driesseni Davies, 2005 magna Davies, 2005 platnicki Davies, 2005 Wabarra Davies, 1996 caverna Davies, 1996 pallida Davies, 1996 Ammoxenidae Simon, 1893 Termite Hunters Austrammo Platnick, 2002 harveyi Platnick, 2002 hirsti Platnick, 2002 monteithi Platnick, 2002 rossi Platnick, 2002 Barrowammo Platnick, 2002 waldockae Platnick, 2002 Anapidae Simon, 1895 Ground Orb-web Spiders Acrobleps Hickman, 1979 hygrophilus Hickman, 1979 Austropholcomma Rix & Harvey, 2010 florentine Rix & Harvey, 2010 walpole Rix & Harvey, 2010 Chasmocephalon O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 acheron Platnick & Forster, 1989 alfred Platnick & Forster, 1989 eungella Platnick & Forster, 1989 flinders Platnick & Forster, 1989 iluka Platnick & Forster, 1989 neglectum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 pemberton Platnick & Forster, 1989 tingle Platnick & Forster, 1989 Eperiella Rix & Harvey, 2010 hastings Rix & Harvey, 2010 Epigastrina Rix & Harvey, 2010 fulva (Hickman, 1945) loongana Rix & Harvey, 2010 typhlops Rix & Harvey, 2010 Page 2 of 99 this page: Araneomorphae Anapidae Eterosonycha Eterosonycha Butler, 1932 alpina Butler, 1932 aquilina Rix & Harvey, 2010 complexa (Forster, 1959) ocellata Rix & Harvey, 2010 Gigiella Rix & Harvey, 2010 milledgei Rix & Harvey, 2010 Hickmanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 minuta (Hickman, 1943) renison Platnick & Forster, 1989 Holarchaea Forster, 1955 globosa (Hickman, 1981) Maxanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 bartle Platnick & Forster, 1989 bell Platnick & Forster, 1989 bellenden Platnick & Forster, 1989 burra (Forster, 1959) crassifemoralis (Wunderlich, 1976) dorrigo Platnick & Forster, 1989 mossman Platnick & Forster, 1989 tenterfield Platnick & Forster, 1989 tribulation Platnick & Forster, 1989 Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 bryophilum (Butler, 1932) caeligenum Crosby & Bishop, 1927 junee Rix & Harvey, 2010 linnaei Rix, 2008 longissimum (Butler, 1932) mirum Hickman, 1944 parmatum Hickman, 1944 turbans Hickman, 1981 Normplatnicka Rix & Harvey, 2010 barrettae Rix & Harvey, 2010 lamingtonensis (Forster, 1959) Nortanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 lamond Platnick & Forster, 1989 Octanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 cann Platnick & Forster, 1989 octocula (Forster, 1959) Olgania Hickman, 1979 cracroft Rix & Harvey, 2010 eberhardi Rix & Harvey, 2010 excavata Hickman, 1979 troglodytes Rix & Harvey, 2010 weld Rix & Harvey, 2010 Patelliella Rix & Harvey, 2010 adusta Rix & Harvey, 2010 Pseudanapis Simon, 1905 Page 3 of 99 this page: Araneomorphae Anapidae Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959 Queenslanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 lamington Platnick & Forster, 1989 Raveniella Rix & Harvey, 2010 apopsis Rix, Harvey & Roberts, 2010 arenacea Rix, Harvey & Roberts, 2010 cirrata Rix, Harvey & Roberts, 2010 hickmani (Forster, 1959) janineae Rix, Harvey & Roberts, 2010 luteola (Hickman, 1945) mucronata Rix, Harvey & Roberts, 2010 peckorum Rix & Harvey, 2010 subcirrata Rix, Harvey & Roberts, 2010 Rayforstia Rix & Harvey, 2010 lordhowensis Rix & Harvey, 2010 raveni Rix & Harvey, 2010 Risdonius Hickman, 1939 barrington Platnick & Forster, 1989 lind Platnick & Forster, 1989 parvus Hickman, 1939 Spinanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 darlingtoni (Forster, 1959) frere Platnick & Forster, 1989 julatten Platnick & Forster, 1989 ker Platnick & Forster, 1989 lewis Platnick & Forster, 1989 monteithi Platnick & Forster, 1989 thompsoni Platnick & Forster, 1989 thornton Platnick & Forster, 1989 yeatesi Platnick & Forster, 1989 Taphiassa Simon, 1880 castanea Rix & Harvey, 2010 globosa Rix & Harvey, 2010 magna Rix & Harvey, 2010 robertsi Rix & Harvey, 2010 Tasmanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 strahan Platnick & Forster, 1989 Victanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 warburton Platnick & Forster, 1989 Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878 Tube Spiders, Phantom Spiders Amaurobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 isolata Hirst, 1993 litoralis Hickman, 1949 Araneidae Clerck, 1758 Orb-web Spiders Acroaspis Karsch, 1878 lancearia (Keyserling, 1887) mamillanus (Keyserling, 1887) Page 4 of 99 this page: Araneomorphae Araneidae Acroaspis olorina Karsch, 1878 scutifer (Keyserling, 1886) tuberculifera Thorell, 1881 Anepsion Strand, 1929 peltoides (Thorell, 1878) rhomboides (L. Koch, 1876) Arachnura Vinson, 1863 higginsii (L. Koch, 1872) Higgins' Scorpion-tail Spider melanura Simon, 1867 Araneus Clerck, 1758 acuminatus (L. Koch, 1872) albidus (L. Koch, 1871) albotriangulus (Keyserling, 1887) amblycyphus Simon, 1908 arenaceus (Keyserling, 1886) biapicatifer (Strand, 1907) brisbanae (L. Koch, 1867) circulisparsus (Keyserling, 1887) comptus Rainbow, 1916 comptus fuscicapitatus Rainbow, 1916 cyrtarachnoides (Keyserling, 1887) decolor (L. Koch, 1871) dimidiatus (L. Koch, 1871) eburneiventris Simon, 1908 fastidiosus (Keyserling, 1887) frosti (Hogg, 1896) ginninderranus Dondale, 1966 inquietus (Keyserling, 1887) interjectus (L. Koch, 1871) liberalis Rainbow, 1902 lodicula (Keyserling, 1887) lutulentus (Keyserling, 1886) macleayi (Bradley, 1876) memoryi Hogg, 1900 mulierarius (Keyserling, 1887) necopinus (Keyserling, 1887) nigropunctatus (L. Koch, 1871) parvulus Rainbow, 1900 parvus (Karsch, 1878) pius (Karsch, 1878) praesignis (L. Koch, 1872) psittacinus (Keyserling, 1887) pulchriformis (Roewer, 1942) quietus (Keyserling, 1887) rabiosulus (Keyserling, 1887) rainbowi (Roewer, 1942) ramulosus (Keyserling, 1887) rani (Thorell, 1881) Page 5 of 99 this page: Araneomorphae Araneidae Araneus recherchensis Main, 1954 rotundulus (Keyserling, 1887) rubicundulus (Keyserling, 1887) scutigerens Hogg, 1900 senicaudatus Simon, 1908 senicaudatus simplex Simon, 1908 separatus (Roewer, 1942) speculabundus (L. Koch, 1871) squamifer (Keyserling, 1886) stolidus (Keyserling, 1887) sydneyicus (Keyserling, 1887) sylvicola (Rainbow, 1897) talipedatus (Keyserling, 1887) tamerlani (Roewer, 1942) transversus Rainbow, 1912 urbanus (Keyserling, 1887) usualis (Keyserling, 1887) walesianus (Karsch, 1878) Argiope Audouin, 1826 aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842) bullocki Rainbow, 1908 catenulata (Doleschall, 1859) dietrichae Levi, 1983 katherina Levi, 1983 keyserlingi Karsch, 1878 St Andrews Cross Spider kochi Levi, 1983 magnifica L. Koch, 1871 mascordi Levi, 1983 modesta Thorell, 1881 ocyaloides L. Koch, 1871 picta L. Koch, 1871 probata Rainbow, 1916 protensa L. Koch, 1872 radon Levi, 1983 reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859) trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) Austracantha Dahl, 1914 minax (Thorell, 1859) Christmas Spider minax astrigera (L. Koch, 1871) minax hermitis (Hogg, 1914) minax leonhardii (Strand, 1913) minax lugubris (L. Koch, 1871) Backobourkia Framenau, Dupérré, Blackledge & Vink, 2010 brounii (Urquhart, 1885) Broun's Garden Orb-weaver collina (Keyserling, 1886) Desert Orb-weaver heroine (L. Koch, 1871) Heroic Garden Orb-weaver Carepalxis L. Koch, 1872 beelzebub (Hasselt, 1873) Page 6 of 99 this page: Araneomorphae Araneidae Carepalxis bilobata Keyserling, 1886 furcifera (Keyserling, 1886) montifera L. Koch, 1872 tuberculata Keyserling, 1886 Celaenia Thorell, 1868 atkinsoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) calotoides Rainbow, 1908 distincta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) dubia (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) excavata L. Koch, 1867 tumidosa Urquhart, 1891 voraginosa Urquhart, 1891 Cyclosa Menge, 1866 anatipes (Keyserling, 1887) apoblepta (Rainbow, 1916) argentaria (Rainbow, 1916) bacilliformis Simon, 1908 bifida (Doleschall, 1859) camelodes (Thorell, 1878) fuliginata (L. Koch, 1872) insulana (Costa, 1834) lichensis (Rainbow, 1916) mulmeinensis (Thorell, 1887) poweri (Rainbow, 1916) rhombocephala (Thorell, 1881) trilobata (Urquhart, 1885) vallata (Keyserling, 1886) Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868 latifrons Hogg, 1900 latifrons atuberculata Hogg, 1900 nagasakiensis Strand, 1918 rubicunda L. Koch, 1871 tricolor (Doleschall, 1859) Cyrtobill Framenau & Scharff, 2009 darwini Framenau & Scharff, 2009 Bill's Tent Orb-weaver Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 beccarii (Thorell, 1878) Beccari's Tent Orbweaver cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) citricola (Forsskål,
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