Westrarchaea
| Westrarchaea | |
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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: | Malkaridae |
| Genus: | Westrarchaea Rix, 2006[1] |
| Type species | |
| W. sinuosa Rix, 2006
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| Species | |
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Westrarchaea is a genus of Western Australian shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006.[2] As of June 2019[update] it contains only three species, found only in Western Australia: W. pusilla, W. sinuosa, and W. spinosa.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Westrarchaea Rix, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Rix, M. G. (2006). "Systematics of the Australasian spider family Pararchaeidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (2): 203–254. doi:10.1071/IS05032.
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