Eucanippe Explained
Eucanippe is a genus of Western Australian armored trapdoor spiders first described by Michael Gordon Rix, Robert J. Raven, Barbara York Main, S. E. Harrison, A. D. Austin, S. J. B. Cooper & Mark Stephen Harvey in 2017.[1]
Species
the genus contained seven species, all from Western Australia:[2]
- Eucanippe absita Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2018
- Eucanippe agastachys Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2018
- Eucanippe bifida Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017
- Eucanippe eucla Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2018
- Eucanippe mallee Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2018
- Eucanippe mouldsi Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2018
- Eucanippe nemestrina Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2018
Notes and References
- Rix. M. G.. Raven. R. J.. Main. B. Y.. Harrison. S. E.. Austin. A. D.. Cooper. S. J. B.. Harvey. M. S.. 2017. The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae: Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level.. Invertebrate Systematics. 566–634. 31. 5. 10.1071/IS16065. 90787136.
- Web site: Gen. Eucanippe Rix, Main, Raven & Harvey, 2017. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-01. Natural History Museum Bern.