Zachria

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Zachria
Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Zachria
L. Koch, 1875[1]
Type species
Z. flavicoma
L. Koch, 1875
Species

Zachria is a genus of Australian huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2] As of September 2019 it contains two species, found in New South Wales and Western Australia: Z. flavicoma and Z. oblonga.[1] It is not a senior synonym of Eodelena.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Zachria L. Koch, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Koch, L. (1875). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 577–740.
  3. ^ Hirst, D. B. (1991). "Revision of the Australian genera Eodelena Hogg and Zachria L. Koch (Heteropodidae: Araneae)". Records of the South Australian Museum. 25 (1): 5.