''Caledothele'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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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 1991.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Caledothele annulatus''
(Raven, 1981) – New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
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Caledothele aoupinie''
Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
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Caledothele australiensis''
(Raven, 1984) (
type
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) – Australia (Victoria)
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Caledothele carina''
Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
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Caledothele elegans''
Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
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Caledothele tonta''
Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
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Caledothele tristata''
Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
References
External links
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Euagridae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
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