Megaloastia is a genus of spiders from Western Australia, which is placed in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The genus has only one species, Megaloastia mainae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Megaloastia Zabka, 1995[1] |
| Species: | M. mainae
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| Binomial name | |
| Megaloastia mainae Zabka, 1995[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Megaloastia Zabka, 1995", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-07
- ^ Zabka, M. (1995) "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XI. A new genus of Astieae from Western Australia". Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 52: 159-164.
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