Epicharitus is a monotypic genus of Australian ground spiders containing the single species, Epicharitus leucosemus. It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1916,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1]

Epicharitus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Epicharitus
Rainbow, 1916[1]
Species:
E. leucosemus
Binomial name
Epicharitus leucosemus
Rainbow, 1916

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Epicharitus Rainbow, 1916". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Rainbow, W. J. (1916). "Arachnida from northern Queensland". Records of the Australian Museum. 11: 21–23.