Morebilus
| Morebilus | |
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| M. plagusius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trochanteriidae |
| Genus: | Morebilus Platnick[1] |
| Type species | |
| Morebilus plagusius | |
| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Morebilus is a genus of spiders in the family Trochanteriidae found in southern and western Australia, first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002. These are large spiders, with the carapace of males ranging from 10 to 16 millimeters and those of females ranging from 10 to 24 millimeters.[2] They look similar to members of Rebilus, especially the spinneret and tarsal claw, but members of this genus have an inclined lip at the anterior edge of the sternum as well as a pair of enlarged sclerites on the coxal glands.[2]
Species[]
As of February 2019, it contains 13 species:[1]
- Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
- Platnick, 2002 – New South Wales
- (L. Koch, 1875) – northern Australia
- Platnick, 2002 – South Australia
- Platnick, 2002 – South Australia, Victoria
- (L. Koch, 1876) – Queensland
- Platnick, 2002 – South Australia
- Platnick, 2002 – Victoria
- Platnick, 2002 – South Australia, Victoria
- Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
- (Walckenaer, 1837) – New South Wales, Victoria
- (Dunn & Dunn, 1946) – Victoria
- Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Trochanteriidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–243. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2.
Categories:
- Trochanteriidae
- Araneomorphae genera
- Spiders of Australia
- Araneomorphae stubs