Leichhardteus Explained

Leichhardteus is a genus of Australian corinnid sac spiders first described by B. C. Baehr & Robert Raven in 2013.^[1]

Species

it contains eleven species:^[2]

• Leichhardteus albofasciatus Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Leichhardteus badius Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Leichhardteus bimaculatus Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Leichhardteus conopalpis Baehr & Raven, 2013 (type) – Eastern Australia
• Leichhardteus evschlingeri Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Leichhardteus garretti Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Leichhardteus kroombit Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Leichhardteus reinhardi Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Leichhardteus strzelecki Raven, 2015 – Australia (Victoria)
• Leichhardteus terriirwinae Baehr & Raven, 2013 – Australia (Queensland)
• Leichhardteus yagan Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)

Notes and References

1. Baehr. B. C.. Raven. R. J.. 2013. The new Australian ground-hunting spider genus Leichardteus (Araneae: Corinnidae).. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 339–358. 58. 10.17082/j.220401478.58.2013.2013-12. free.
2. Gen. Leichhardteus Raven & Baehr, 2013. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-19. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.