Austrarchaea woodae is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is commonly known as the Mount Bartle Frere Assassin Spider as the holotype male was found at Mount Bartle Frere in the Wooroonooran National Park. It was named to honour Hannah M. Wood and is endemic to Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Austrarchaea woodae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Archaeidae
Genus: Austrarchaea
Species:
A. woodae
Binomial name
Austrarchaea woodae
Rix & Harvey, 2012

References

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  1. ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ Michael G Rix; Mark S Harvey (30 August 2012). "Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland". ZooKeys. 218 (218): 1–50. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.218.3662. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3433871. PMID 22977344. Wikidata Q21191855.