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    Zephyrarchaea is a genus of Australian assassin spiders first described by Michael Gordon Rix & Mark Harvey in 2012 for nine new species and two that...
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    Zephyrarchaea marki, the Cape Le Grand assassin spider, is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae, commonly known as the assassin spiders. Known...
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    Zephyrarchaea janineae is a species of spider of the family Archaeidae. The Latin species name was chosen to honor Janine Wojcieszek who helped in discovering...
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    Zephyrarchaea grayi, also known as the Grampians Assassin Spider, is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is endemic to Grampians National...
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    The Otway Range Assassin Spider (Zephyrarchaea porchi) is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is endemic to Victoria, Australia. The holotype...
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    Zephyrarchaea austini or the Kangaroo Island assassin spider is a species of Australian assassin spiders that is endemic to the north west of Kangaroo...
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    Zephyrarchaea vichickmani, the Central Highlands assassin spider, is a spider in the family Archaeidae. The species was first described by Michael G....
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    Zephyrarchaea mainae is a species of spider, informally known as Main's assassin spider, Albany assassin spider, and the Western archaeid spider. The...
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    Zephyrarchaea marae, the West Gippsland assassin spider, is a spider in the family Archaeidae. The species was first described by Michael G. Rix and Mark...
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    Zephyrarchaea barrettae is a species of spider of the family Archaeidae. The Latin species name was chosen to honor Sarah Barrett, who first discovered...
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    1881 — Madagascar Madagascarchaea Wood & Scharff, 2018 — Madagascar Zephyrarchaea Rix & Harvey, 2012 — Australia Fossils found in amber, particularly...
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  • S. dentata Wunderlich, 2004 † S. diabolica Wunderlich, 2004 Zephyrarchaea Zephyrarchaea Rix & Harvey, 2012 Z. austini Rix & Harvey, 2012 — Australia...
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    mainae (McKay, 1979) Tasmanoonops mainae (Forster & Platnick, 1985) Zephyrarchaea mainae (Platnick, 1991) Tamopsis mainae (Baehr & Baehr, 1993) Nicodamus...
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    enabling mecysmaucheniids to catch fast-moving prey, such as springtails. Zephyrarchaea grayi (Archaeidae), showing the "neck" and long chelicerae (bar = 1 mm)...
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  • expressed concern over the likely extinction of the assassin spider — Zephyrarchaea austini — also called the pelican spider, which is only known to occur...
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    Elachista effusi and Elachista strictifica. The rare Main's assassin spider Zephyrarchaea mainae is restricted to litter lodged in the crown of L. gladiatum and...
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