• Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [6]

Introduction

This remarkable family of spiders, resembling Pelicans in profile, were first found as fossils in Baltic Amber. Later, they were found alive and well in South Africa, Western Australia and highly diverse in eastern Australia. They have since been found as fossils in Siberia in the Jurassic. Their very long chelicerae contrast with the very short fangs which apparently are used to spear their prey from a safe distance.

Diagnosis

Small, 3-clawed, haplogyne spiders with extremely long chelicerae, the bases of which are separated from the rest of the mouthparts by a neck-like extension of the carapace. Fang is less than one quarter the length of a chelicera. A row of long rod-like peg teeth on distal promargin of chelicera. Anterior book-lungs; two minute posterior spiracles, well in advance of spinnerets, each leading to a single abdominal tracheal tube. Colulus absent. Patella I conspicuously long. One trichobothrium on metatarsi, none on tarsi. Onychium present. Abdomen-petiole stridulating system. Austrarchaea is found in rainforest, often in moss on tree trunks where it enters webs and preys on other spiders.

History of changes

• Austrarchaea Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the Superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1-106 [21].

  Type species:

   Archaea nodosa Forster, 1956 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Corner (SEC) ; Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

General References

Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011]

History of changes

• Austrarchaea alani Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S90195 male, Kroombit Tops National Park, creek crossing off Tablelands Road, Queensland [24°22'40"S, 150°59'46"E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea aleenae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [33].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S90182 male, Bulburin National Park, via Builyan, off Bulburin Forest Road, Queensland [24°31'17"S, 151°28'02"E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea andersoni Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2023. A new species of pelican spider (Araneae: Archaeidae) from the Whitsunday hinterland of central-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 64: 1-7 [2].
  Zoobank Registration Number:https://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/EEE56683-78AF-4722-9F16-7B06EDEAC3EF

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA QMB S124036 ♂ (col: M.G. Rix and A.G. Rix, 210 m, 28/03/2024), off Forestry Road, start (western end) of Whitsundays Great Walk, Conway National Park, QLD [20°20'20"S, 148°41'26"E].
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♂, 2 juveniles, same data as holotype; QMBA QMB S124037 ♀ (col: G.J. Anderson, 04/08/2023), off Forestry Road, start (western end) of Whitsundays Great Walk, Conway National Park, QLD [20°20'21"S, 148°41'26"E]; QMBA QMB S124043 ♂ (col: M.G. Rix and A.G. Rix, 333 m, 29/03/2024), near junction of Honeyeater Lookout track, northern end of Whitsundays Great Walk, Conway National Park, QLD [20°17'11"S, 148°42'33"E]; QMBA QMB S124042 juvenile (col: M.G. Rix and A.G. Rix, 323 m, 29/03/2024), near junction of Honeyeater Lookout track, northern end of Whitsundays Great Walk, Conway National Park, QLD [20°17'10"S, 148°42'32"E,].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Common Name References

Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2023. A new species of pelican spider (Araneae: Archaeidae) from the Whitsunday hinterland of central-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 64: 1-7 [2] (Whitsunday Hinterland Pelican Spider)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea binfordae Rix & Harvey, 2011.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS114969; DNA: Ar46-106-M ♂, Kerewong State Forest, off McLeods Creek Road, New South Wales, Australia [31°33'39"S, 152°34'44"E].
  Paratype(s) AM ♂, ♀ (as allotype), Kerewong State Forest, New South Wales, Australia.

History of changes

• Austrarchaea christopheri Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS114968 male, Dorrigo National Park, Rosewood Creek Circuit track from The Never Never Picnic Area, New South Wales [30°21'42"S, 152°47'55"E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea clyneae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S20425 male, Mount Clunie National Park, Mount Clunie, via Woodenbong, Queensland [28°20'S, 152°31'E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea cunninghami Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S90184 male, Main Range National Park, Cunningham's Gap, track to Mount Mitchell, Queensland [28°03'05"S, 152°23'41"E].

History of changes

• Austarchaea daviesae Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the Superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1-106 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S1091 ♂ adult, Major's Mtn, Atherton Tableland, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM S1092 ♀ adult.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Nomadic, predator.

History of changes

• Austrarchaea dianneae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S90185 male, Tamborine National Park, Joalah section, track to Curtis Falls, Queensland [27°55'33"S, 153°11'35"E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea griswoldi Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Eungella National Park (Broken River Section), Broken River Rainforest Discovery Circuit and Granite Bend Circuit, Queensland, Australia [21°10'07"S 148°30'22"E].
  Paratype(s) QM 2♂ 3♀ (one as allotype) 2 juveniles.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea harmsi Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S90189 male, Bunya Mountains National Park, Dandabah, Scenic Circuit track, ~400 m from entrance, Queensland [26°52'43"S, 151°35'53"E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea helenae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS62774 ♂, Macquarie Pass National Park, Macquarie Pass, New South Wales, Australia [34°34’S, 150°39’E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea hoskini Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S308115 ♂, Mount Elliot, [Bowling Green Bay National Park], Upper North Creek, Queensland, Australia [[19°29'S, 146°57'E]].
  Paratype(s) QM 1♂ 2♀ (including allotype).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea judyae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S90190 male, Conondale National Park, walking trail from Booloumba Creek Day Use Area No. 2, Queensland [26°38'38"S, 152°38'50"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea karenae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S430605, Windsor Tableland, [Windsor Tableland National Park], 1.2 km past barracks, Queensland, Australia [16°15'S, 145°02'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea mascordi Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS114972 ♂, Coolah Tops National Park, off Gemini Road Loop, New South Wales, Australia [31°48'59"S, 150°10'31"E].
  Paratype(s) AM 5♀ (incl. allotype), 6 juveniles (also WAM), same data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea mcguiganae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS62790 ♂, Monga National Park, Link Road, New South Wales, Australia [35°34’04”S, 149°54’14”E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS114975 ♀ (as allotype), Monga National Park, off Link Road, New South Wales, Australia [35°34’03”S, 149°54’15”E]; WAM T112567; DNA: Ar28-47-J/Ar28-128-J 1♀, 5 juveniles, same data as for allotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea milledgei Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS103905 ♂, Barrington Tops State Forest, 0.8 km E. of Moppy Picnic Area, New South Wales, Australia [31°53'22"S, 151°33'57"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea monteithi Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS114977 male, Gibraltar Range National Park, World Heritage Walk, off Gwydir Highway, near Richardsons Creek, New South Wales [29°29'23"S, 152°19'47"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC)

History of changes

• Archaea nodosa Forster, R.R. 1956. A new spider of the genus Archaea from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13: 151-154 [151].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W1955 ♀ adult, Tallawallal, Lamington National Park, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Nomadic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

In moss.

General References

Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the Superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1-106

History of changes

• Austrarchaea platnickorum Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS114971 ♂, NSW, New England National Park, Banksia Point, Beech Forest and start of Lyrebird Track.
  Paratype(s) AM 3♂, 3♀ (including allotype), 5 juveniles (also WAM).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea raveni Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T90193 male, Mount Nebo, D'Aguilar Range, Queensland, Australia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Common Name References

Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [27] (D’Aguilar Range Assassin Spider)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea smithae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1-100 [Date published 15 August 2011] [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS114978 ♂, Blue Mountains National Park, Mount Wilson, off Mount Wilson Road, New South Wales, Australia [33°30'56"S, 150°21'54"E].
  Paratype(s) AM 3♀ (incl. allotype), 2 juveniles, same data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea tealei Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S922105 ♂, Daintree National Park (Mossman Gorge Section), Mossman Gorge, off water access road ~50 m from carpark, Queensland, Australia [16°28'20"S 145°19'53"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea thompsoni Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S308405 ♂, Devils Thumb area, [Daintree National Park (Mossman Gorge Section)], 10 km NW of Mossman, Queensland, Australia [[16°27'S 145°17'E]].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea wallacei Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S259645 ♂, Mount Misery, summit, [Monkhouse Timber Reserve], Queensland, Australia [15°52'S 145°14'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea westi Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S595375 ♂, Mount Williams, [Dinden National Park], Queensland [16°55'S 145°40'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Austrarchaea woodae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1–55 [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S729885 ♂, Mount Bartle Frere, [Wooroonooran National Park], Boulder Caves, Queensland, Australia [[17°23'S, 145°47'E]].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [6].

  Type species:

   Austrarchaea mainae Platnick, 1991 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Common Name References

Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [1] (Assassin Spiders)

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea austini Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA NN28000 female, Kangaroo Island, Western River Wilderness Protection Area, Waterfall Creek walking trail, near waterfall, South Australia [35°41'44"S, 136°54'37"E].

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea barretrae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T117055 male, Stirling Range National Park, Talyuberlup Peak, Western Australia [34°24'21"S, 117°57'08"E].

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea grayi Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS109448 male, Grampians National Park, Delley’s Dell, Silverband Road, Victoria.

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea janineae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T89559 male, Karri Valley, ‘Karri Valley Hideaway Cottages’, off Hopgarden Road, west of Pemberton, Western Australia [34°24'59"S, 115°50'52"E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea mainae Platnick, N.I. 1991. On Western Australian Austrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8: 259-261 [259].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T17683 male, Torndirrup National Park (probably near end of Eclipse Island Road), Western Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Zephyrarchaea mainae (Platnick, 1991). —
  Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [11]

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea marae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV K11580 male, Tarra-Bulga National Park, Tarra Valley, near Tarra Valley Picnic Area, Victoria [38°26'51"S, 146°32'17"E].

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea marki Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T118985 male, Cape Le Grand National Park:,Thistle Cove, Western Australia [33°59'54"S, 122°12'01"E].

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea melindae Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype T118986 male, Stirling Range National Park, Mount Hassell, Western Australia [34°22'41"S, 118°04'15"E].

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea porchi Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV K11581 male, Bimbi Park, 2.2 km N. of Cape Otway Lighthouse, Victoria [38°50'13"S, 143°30'55"E].

History of changes

• Austrarchaea robinsi Harvey, M.S. 2002. A new species of Austrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 35-37 [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T42580 female, Stirling Range National Park, Ellen Peak, Western Australia [34°21'20"S, 118°19'45"E].

Generic Combinations

• Zephryarchaea robinsi (Harvey, 2002). —
  Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [18]

History of changes

• Zephyrarchaea vichickmani Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Australasian Assassins, Part II. A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae). ZooKeys 19: 1-62 [Date published 7 May 2012] [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV K11578 male, Yarra Ranges National Park, Acheron Gap, Victoria [37°40'37"S, 145°44'24"E].

History of changes

• Archaea hickmani Butler, L.S.G. 1929. Studies in Victorian Spiders. No. 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 42: 41-52 [46] [listed as nomen dubium by Rix & Harvey (2012: 22-23)].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV K097 ♀ adult, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Nomadic, predator.

General References

Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the Superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1-106

History of changes