Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea
Familia: Trochanteriidae
Subfamilia: Morebilinae
Genus: Morebilus
Species: M. blackdown – M. coolah – M. diversus – M. fitton – M. flinders – M. fumosus – M. gammon – M. gramps – M. graytown – M. nipping – M. plagusius – M. swarbrecki – M. tambo
Name
Morebilus Platnick, 2002
Type species: Delena plagusia Walckenaer, 1837
References
Platnick, N. I. 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 271: 1–243. PDF [129]
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Morebilus is a genus of spiders in the family Trochanteriidae found in southern and western Australia, first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002. These are large spiders, with the carapace of males ranging from 10 to 16 millimeters and those of females ranging from 10 to 24 millimeters.[2] They look similar to members of Rebilus, especially the spinneret and tarsal claw, but members of this genus have an inclined lip at the anterior edge of the sternum as well as a pair of enlarged sclerites on the coxal glands.[2]
Species
As of February 2019, it contains 13 species:[1]
Morebilus blackdown Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
Morebilus coolah Platnick, 2002 – New South Wales
Morebilus diversus (L. Koch, 1875) – northern Australia
Morebilus fitton Platnick, 2002 – South Australia
Morebilus flinders Platnick, 2002 – South Australia, Victoria
Morebilus fumosus (L. Koch, 1876) – Queensland
Morebilus gammon Platnick, 2002 – South Australia
Morebilus gramps Platnick, 2002 – Victoria
Morebilus graytown Platnick, 2002 – South Australia, Victoria
Morebilus nipping Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
Morebilus plagusius (Walckenaer, 1837) – New South Wales, Victoria
Morebilus swarbrecki (Dunn & Dunn, 1946) – Victoria
Morebilus tambo Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
References
"Trochanteriidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–243. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2.
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