''Australothele'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s in the family

Euagridae ''Euagridae'' is a family of mygalomorph spiders. The group was first described as a tribe in 1979 by Robert Raven, who in 1985 elevated it to a subfamily. In 2020, Opatova et al. elevated it further to a family. Genera , the World Spider Catal ...

. It was first described by

Robert Raven Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described over 450 species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider ...

in 1984.

Species

the genus contained seven species from

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

(NSW) or

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

(QLD): *'' Australothele bicuspidata'' Raven, 1984 – NSW *'' Australothele jamiesoni'' Raven, 1984 – NSW, QLD *'' Australothele maculata'' Raven, 1984 (

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) – QLD *'' Australothele magna'' Raven, 1984 – QLD *'' Australothele montana'' Raven, 1984 – NSW *'' Australothele nambucca'' Raven, 1984 – NSW *'' Australothele nothofagi'' Raven, 1984 – NSW, QLD

References

Euagridae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Robert Raven {{Euagridae-stub