''Bertmainius'' is a genus of spiders in the family
Migidae
Migidae, also known as tree trapdoor spiders, is a family of spiders with about 100 species in eleven genera. They are small to large spiders with little to no hair and build burrows with a trapdoor. Some species live in tree fern stems. They have ...
. It was first described in 2015 by
Mark Harvey
Mark Harvey (born 11 June 1965) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played over 200 games during fourteen seasons with the Essendon Football Club, winning three premierships, and was senior coach of Fremantle from 2007 ...
,
Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main, Australia's spider woman and Wheatbelt advocate, author and poet dies"''Off Track'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Published May 23, 2019. Acces ...
,
Michael Rix
Michael Rix (born 8 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Originally rookie listed with Hawthorn for the 2004 season, Rix did not ...
and Steven Cooper. , it contains 7 species, all from
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...
.
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Species
''Bertmainius'' comprises the following species:[
*'']Bertmainius colonus
''Bertmainius colonus'' is a spider in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main, Australia's spider woma ...
'' Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
*''Bertmainius monachus
''Bertmainius monachus'' is a spider in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main, Australia's spider wom ...
'' Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
*''Bertmainius mysticus
''Bertmainius mysticus'' is a spider in the family Migidae and genus ''Bertmainius''. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Ma ...
'' Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
*''Bertmainius opimus
''Bertmainius opimus'' is a spider in the family Migidae and genus ''Bertmainius''. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main ...
'' Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
*''Bertmainius pandus
''Bertmainius pandus'' is a spider in the family Migidae, and genus ''Bertmainius''. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Mai ...
'' Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
*''Bertmainius tingle
''Bertmainius tingle'', also called the tingle trapdoor spider, is a small basal spider endemic to the tingle and karri forest of southwestern Western Australia. This migid family species of ''Bertmainius'' was first recorded in the 1990s.
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'' (Main, 1991)
*''Bertmainius tumidus
''Bertmainius tumidus'' is a spider in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main, Australia's spider woma ...
'' Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
References
Migidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
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