Austrarchaea smithae
| Austrarchaea smithae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Archaeidae |
| Genus: | Austrarchaea |
| Species: | A. smithae
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| Binomial name | |
| Austrarchaea smithae | |
Austrarchaea smithae is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is commonly known as the Blue Mountains Assassin Spider as the holotype male was found at Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains National Park.[1] It was named to honour Dr Helen Smith.[1] It is endemic to Australia.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Rix, Michael; Harvey, Mark (2011-08-15). "Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae: Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia". ZooKeys. 123: 1–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.123.1448. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3175121.
- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
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