''Synothele'' 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 ...

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 brushed trapdoor spiders first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...

in 1908. The number of species in the genera was greatly expanded 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 1994.

Species

it contained twenty-four species from

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

(SA) or

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

(WA): *'' Synothele arrakis''

Raven A raven is any of several large-bodied passerine bird species in the genus '' Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens; the two names are assigne ...

, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele boongaree'' Raven, 1994 – WA *''

Synothele butleri ''Synothele butleri'' is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. The specific epithet ''butleri'' honours naturalist, environment ...

'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele durokoppin'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele goongarrie'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele harveyi'' Churchill & Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele houstoni'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele howi'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele karara'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele koonalda'' Raven, 1994 – SA *''

Synothele longbottomi ''Synothele longbottomi'' is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. The specific epithet ''longbottomi'' honours Alan Longbot ...

'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele lowei'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele meadhunteri'' Raven, 1994 – SA, WA *'' Synothele michaelseni'' Simon, 1908 (

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) – WA *'' Synothele moonabie'' Raven, 1994 – SA *'' Synothele mullaloo'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele ooldea'' Raven, 1994 – SA *'' Synothele parifusca'' (

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, 1954) – WA *'' Synothele pectinata'' Raven, 1994 – WA *''

Synothele rastelloides ''Synothele rastelloides'' is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. Distribution and habitat The species occurs in the Great ...

'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele rubripes'' Raven, 1994 – WA *''

Synothele subquadrata ''Synothele subquadrata'' is a species of Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae Family (biology), family. It is endemism, endemic to Australia. It was species description, described in 1994 by Australian arachnology, arachnologis ...

'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele taurus'' Raven, 1994 – WA *'' Synothele yundamindra'' Raven, 1994 – WA

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Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Eugène Simon Mygalomorphae genera Taxa described in 1908 {{Barychelidae-stub