Genus Karaops Crews & Harvey, 2011

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• Karaops Crews, S. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region. ZooKeys 99: 1-103 [Date published 19 May 2011] [19].

  Type species:

   Karaops ellenae Crews, S. & Harvey, M.S., 2011 by original designation, see Crews, S. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region. ZooKeys 99: 1-103 [Date published 19 May 2011] [19].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Esperance Plains (ESP), Pilbara (PIL) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, WA: Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; SA: Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Great Victoria Desert (GVD) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

General References

Crews, S.C. 2023. But wait, there’s more! Descriptions of new species and undescribed sexes of flattie spiders (Araneae, Selenopidae, Karaops) from Australia. ZooKeys 1150: 1-189 [10]

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