Karaops

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Karaops
K. raveni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Selenopidae
Genus: Karaops
Crews & Harvey, 2011[1]
Type species
K. ellenae
Crews & Harvey, 2011
Species

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Karaops is a genus of Australian wall spiders that was first described by S. C. Crews & Mark Stephen Harvey in 2011.[2]

Species[edit]

As of March 2023 it contains fifty-four species, found in New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia:[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Karaops Crews & Harvey, 2011". World Spider Catalog Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ Crews, S. C.; Harvey, M. S. (2011). "The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental region". ZooKeys (99): 1–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.99.723. PMC 3118779. PMID 21738435.