• 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

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

SA: Kanmantoo (KAN) ; 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) ; WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

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].

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Kangaroo Island, SA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Kanmantoo (KAN)

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].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Stirling Range National Park, southwest WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP)

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.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Grampians National Park, western VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southwest corner of WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

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]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southwest coast of WA around Albany

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)

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].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Tarra-Bulga NP west to Dandenong Ranges NP, southeast VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

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].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Le Grand National Park, east of Esperance, WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP)

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].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Stirling Range National Park, southwest WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP)

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].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Otway, VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

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]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Stirling Range National Park, southwest WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP)

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].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Yarra Ranges National Park, VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

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