Morebilus is a genus of spiders in the family Trachycosmidae found in southern and western Australia, first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002. These are large spiders, with the carapace of males ranging from 10 to 16 millimeters and those of females ranging from 10 to 24 millimeters.[2] They look similar to members of Rebilus, especially the spinneret and tarsal claw, but members of this genus have an inclined lip at the anterior edge of the sternum as well as a pair of enlarged sclerites on the coxal glands.[2]
| Morebilus | |
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| M. plagusius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachycosmidae |
| Genus: | Morebilus Platnick[1] |
| Type species | |
| Morebilus plagusius | |
| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Species
editAs of February 2019[update], it contains 13 species:[1]
- Morebilus blackdown Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
- Morebilus coolah Platnick, 2002 – New South Wales
- Morebilus diversus (L. Koch, 1875) – Northern Australia
- Morebilus fitton Platnick, 2002 – South Australia
- Morebilus flinders Platnick, 2002 – South Australia, Victoria
- Morebilus fumosus (L. Koch, 1876) – Queensland
- Morebilus gammon Platnick, 2002 – South Australia
- Morebilus gramps Platnick, 2002 – Victoria
- Morebilus graytown Platnick, 2002 – South Australia, Victoria
- Morebilus nipping Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
- Morebilus plagusius (Walckenaer, 1837) – New South Wales, Victoria
- Morebilus swarbrecki (Dunn & Dunn, 1946) – Victoria
- Morebilus tambo Platnick, 2002 – Queensland
References
edit- ^ a b "Trochanteriidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ a b Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–243. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86321070.