''Paraembolides'' is a
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of
Australia
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funnel-web spiders that was first described by
Robert John 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 1980.
Species
it contains eight species:
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Paraembolides boycei
''Paraembolides boycei'' is a species of funnel-web spider in the Hexathelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1978 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in southern Quee ...
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(Raven, 1978) (
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) – Australia (Queensland)
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Paraembolides boydi
''Paraembolides boydi'' is a species of funnel-web spider in the family Hexathelidae. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1978 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-ea ...
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(Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Paraembolides brindabella''
(Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
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Paraembolides cannoni''
(Raven, 1978) – Australia (Queensland)
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Paraembolides grayi''
(Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Paraembolides montisbossi
''Paraembolides montisbossi'' is a species of funnel-web spider in the Hexathelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1978 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in north-ea ...
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(Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Paraembolides tubrabucca''
(Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Paraembolides variabilis''
(Raven, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
References
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Robert Raven
Taxa described in 1980
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