Karaops Explained

Karaops is a genus of Australian wall spiders that was first described by S. C. Crews & Mark Stephen Harvey in 2011.^[1]

Species

it contains fifty-four species, found in New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia:^[2]

• Karaops alanlongbottomi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops badgeradda Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops banyjima Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops burbidgei Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops conilurus Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops dalmanyi Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops dawara Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops dejongi Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops deserticola Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
• Karaops durrantorum Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops ellenae Crews & Harvey, 2011 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops feedtime Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops forteyi Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops francesae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops gangarie Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops garyodwyeri Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops jaburrara Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops jarrit Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops jawayway Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops jenniferae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops joehaeneri Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops julianneae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops kariyarra Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops karrawarla Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops keithlongbottomi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops kennerleyorum Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops kwartatuma Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops larapinta Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops larryoo Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops madhawundu Crews, 2023 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops malumbu Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops manaayn Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Karaops mareeba Crews, 2023 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops markharveyi Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
• Karaops marrayagong Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Karaops martamarta Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops monteithi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops morganoconnelli Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops mparntwe Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops ngarluma Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops ngarutjaranya Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
• Karaops nitmiluk Crews, 2023 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops nyamal Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops nyangumarta Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops nyiyaparli Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops pilkingtoni Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Karaops raveni Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Karaops strayamate Crews, 2023 – Australia (Queensland)
• Karaops toolbrunup Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops umiida Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops vadlaadambara Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
• Karaops yumbu Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops yumbubaarnji Crews, 2023 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Karaops yurlburr Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)

See also

• List of Selenopidae species

Notes and References

1. Crews. S. C.. Harvey. M. S.. 2011. The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental region. ZooKeys. 1–103. 99. 10.3897/zookeys.99.723. 21738435. 3118779. Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist). free.
2. 2023 . Gen. Karaops Crews & Harvey, 2011 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 3 March 2023 . World Spider Catalog Version 24.