2020, Arachnids

New Discoveries

Published:

30 December 2020

new species

New record of Gelotia Thorell, !890 and a new species of Parahelpis Gardzinska & Zabka, 2010 (Aranneae: Salticidae) from Australia.

Barbara M. Patoleta, Marek Żabka

Zootaxa 4809: 280-286

https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4899.1.15

Taxonomy Australia blog:

Published:

16 November 2020

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Phylogenetic placement of the stone-nest orb-weaving spider Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 (Araneae : Araneidae) and the description of the first species from Australia.

Robert J. Kallal, Gustavo Hormiga

Invertebrate Systematics 34: 893–905

https://bioone.org/journals/invertebrate-systematics/volume-34/issue-8/IS20035/Phylogenetic-placement-of-the-stone-nest-orb-weaving-spider-Nemoscolus/10.1071/IS20035.short

Taxonomy Australia blog:

Published:

11 November 2020

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The systematics and phylogenetic position of the troglobitic Australian spider genus Troglodiplura (Araneae:Mygalomorphae), with a new classification for Anamidae

Mark S. Harvey, Michael G. Rix, Mia J. Hillyer and Joel A. Huey

Invertebrate Systematics 34(8) 799-822

https://doi.org/10.1071/IS20034

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Published:

22 October 2020

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A systematic revision of Draculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) of the Pilbara, Western Australia, Part I: the Western Pilbara

Kym M. Abrams, Joel A. Huey, Mia J. Hillyer, Raphael K. Didham, Mark S. Harvey

Zootaxa 4864(1): 1-75

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4864.1

Taxonomy Australia blog:

Published:

15 October 2020

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The open-holed trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Namea) of Australia’s D’Aguilar Range: revealing an unexpected subtropical hotspot of rainforest diversity

Michael G. Rix, Jeremy D. Wilson, Mark S. Harvey

Zootaxa 4861(1): 63–70

https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4861.1.5

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Published:

13 October 2020

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Maratus tiddalik, a new peacock spider in the flavus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini)

Jürgen C. Otto and David E. Hill

Peckhamia 223.1

https://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_223.1.pdf

Taxonomy Australia blog:

Published:

30 September 2020

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New species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from arid Western Australia

Mark A. Castalanelli, Volker W. Framenau, Joel A. Huey, Mia J. Hillyer, Mark S. Harvey

J. Arachnology, 48(2):169-213

https://doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202-48.2.169

Taxonomy Australia blog:

Published:

30 June 2020

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Two new peacock spider species of the genus Maratus (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) from south-western Australia.

Julianne M. Waldock, Michael Duncan, Michael Doe, Adam Fletcher, Christian O’Toole And Paul Irvine

Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 1-9

http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAMRecords_2020_35_01to09_WALDOCKetal.pdf

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Published:

31 May 2020

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Five new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from Western Australia, with a revised generic placement for Aname armigera.

Mark S. Harvey, Karl Gruber, Mia J. Hillyer And Joel A. Huey

Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 010–038

https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAMRecords_2020_35_10to38_HARVEYetal.pdf

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Published:

27 March 2020

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Seven new species of Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878)

Joseph Schubert

Zootaxa 4758(1): 1–44

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4758.1.1

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Published:

29 February 2020

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Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae).

Alvarez-Padilla, Fernando.; Kallal, Robert J.; Hormiga, Gustavo

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 438: 1-107

https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7008

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Published:

10 February 2020

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Supralittoral pseudoscorpions of the genus Garypus (Pseudoscorpiones : Garypidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with a review of the subfamily classificationof Garypidae

Mark S. Harvey Mia J. Hillyer, Jose I. Carvajal and Joel A. Huey

Invertebrate Systematics 34: 34–87

https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19029

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