Corasoides
Sign in to saveCorasoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1929. Originally placed with the Agelenidae, it was moved to the Stiphidiidae in 1973, and to the Desidae after a 2017 genetic study.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 199
- Family
- Stiphidiidae
- Collections
- MCZ, QM, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stiphidiidae
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- taxon name
- Corasoides
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Butler, 1929
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Corasoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1929. Originally placed with the Agelenidae, it was moved to the Stiphidiidae in 1973, and to the Desidae after a 2017 genetic study.
==Species== it contains ten species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea: Corasoides angusi Humphrey, 2017 – Papua New Guinea Corasoides australis Butler, 1929 (type) – Australia Corasoides cowanae Humphrey, 2017 – Papua New Guinea Corasoides motumae Humphrey, 2017 – Australia (New South Wales) Corasoides mouldsi Humphrey, 2017 – Australia (Queensland) Corasoides nebula Humphrey, 2017 – Papua New Guinea Corasoides nimbus Humphrey, 2017 – Papua New Guinea Corasoides occidentalis Humphrey, 2017 – Australia (Western Australia) Corasoides stellaris Humphrey, 2017 – Papua New Guinea Corasoides terania Humphrey, 2017 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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