''Tasmarubrius'' 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 ...
of
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 ...
n
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
Macrobunidae
Macrobunidae is a family of araneomorph spiders. It was treated as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae until elevated to a full family based on a 2023 molecular phylogenetic study.
Taxonomy
A 2023 molecular phylogenetic study of the 'marronoid' group of ...
first described by
V. T. Davies in 1998.
Species
it contains five species:
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Tasmarubrius hickmani''
Davies, 1998 – Australia (Tasmania)
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Tasmarubrius milvinus''
(Simon, 1903) – Australia (Tasmania)
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Tasmarubrius pioneer''
Davies, 1998 – Australia (Tasmania)
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Tasmarubrius tarraleah''
Davies, 1998 – Australia (Tasmania)
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Tasmarubrius truncus''
Davies, 1998 – Australia (Tasmania)
References
Macrobunidae
Macrobunidae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Valerie Todd Davies
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