''Neoaviola'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
Australia
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n
dwarf sheet spiders containing the single species, ''Neoaviola insolens''. It was first described by
Arthur Gardiner Butler
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders.
Biography
Arthur Gardiner B ...
in 1929,
and has only been found in
Australia
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.
It might be a synonym for ''
Rinawa''.
References
Hahniidae
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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