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Abracadabrella elegans
Achaearanea decorata
(superseded)
Achaearanea
tepidariorum
(superseded)
Achaearanea veruculata
(superseded)
Acroaspis olorina
Acroaspis tuberculifera
Afraflacilla gunbar
Agyneta vera?
Allocosa flavisternis
Allocosa obscuroides
Allocosa palabunda
Amyciaea albomaculata
Aname inimica
Aname barrema
Anzacia species
Apricia jovialis
Arachnura higginsi
Arachnura species
Araneus acuminatus
Araneus albidus
Araneus albotriangulus
Araneus arenaceus
Araneus bradleyi
(superseded)
Araneus circulissparsus
Araneus
cyrtarachnoides
Araneus eburnus
(superseded)
Araneus ginninderranus
Araneus hamiltoni
Araneus
nigropunctatus?
Araneus rotundulus
Araneus talipedatus
Araneus transmarinus
(superseded)
Araneus transversus
Arangina species?
Arasia mollicoma
Arbanitis longipes
Arbanitis species
Archemorus species
(superseded)
Arcys clavatus
(superseded)
Arcys lancearius
(superseded)
Argiope bullocki
Argiope aetherea
(superseded)
Argiope keyserlingi
Argiope magnifica
Argiope mascordi
Argiope picta
Argiope protensa
Argiope ocyaloides
Argiope trifasciata
Argoctenus pictus
Argoctenus species
Argoctenus species
Argoctenus vittatus
Argyrodes alannae
Argyrodes antipodianus
Argyrodes gracilis
Argyrodes miniaceus
Argyrodes rainbowi
Ariadna dysderina
Ariamnes colubrinus
Arkys alatus
Arkys alticephala
Arkys cornutus
Arkys curtulus
Arkys furcatus
Arkys lancearius
Arkys speechleyi
Arkys walckenaeri
Artema atlanta
Artoria mckayi
Artoria species?
Artoriopsis expolita
Artoriopsis melissae
Astia hariola
Astilodes species
Austracantha minax
Austrarchaea raveni
Atrax formidabilis
(superseded)
Atrax infensus
(superseded)
Australomimetus
spinosus
Australomimetus
species
Australomisidia
cruentata
Australomisidia pilula
Australomisidia species
Australothele jamiesoni
Austrammo monteithi
Backobourkia collina
Backobourkia brounii
Badumna insignis
Badumna longinqua
Badumna species
Battalus adamparsonsi
Battalus diadens
Battalus wallum?
Bavia aericeps
Bavia ludicra
(superseded)
Beregama aurea
Beregama cordata
Bijoaraneus praesignis
Blakistonia aurea
Bomis larvata
Boomerangiana dimidiata
Calamoneta species
Canama hinnulea
Carepalxis bilobata
Carepalxis bilobata?
Carepalxis poweri?
Carepalxis species
Carepalxis tuberculata
Cataxia pulleinei
Celaenia calotoides
Celaenia distincta
Celaenia excavata
Celaenia kinbergi
(superseded)
Centrothele mossman?
Ceryerda cursitans
Cetratus rubropunctatus
Cheiracanthium
species?
Clubiona modesta?
Clubiona robusta
Clubiona species
Clubiona species
Clynotis severus
Coccorchestes ferreus
Copocrossa species
Copocrossa tenuilineata
Corasoides australis
Coremiocnemis tropix?
Corynethrix obscura
Cosmophasis baehrae
Cosmophasis bitaeniata
Cosmophasis
micarioides
Cosmophasis obscura
Cosmophasis thalassina
Couranga diehappy
Crossopriza lyoni
Cryptachaea gigantipes
Cryptachaea
meraukensis
Cryptachaea veruculata
Cyclosa bifida
Cyclosa trilobata
Cyclosa vallata
Cycloctenus species?
Cycloctenus species
Cymbacha festiva
Cymbacha ocellata
Cymbacha saucia
Cyrtarachne tricolor
Cyrtophora cylindroides?
Cyrtophora crassipes?
Cyrtophora
exanthematica
Cyrtophora hirta
Cyrtophora moluccensis
Cytaea plumbeiventris
Cytaea alburna
Cytaea species?
Damoetas nitidus
Deinopis ravida
Deinopis subrufa
Delena cancerides
Deliochus idoneus
Deliochus zelivira
Demadiana simplex
Demadiana species
Dendrolycosa icadia
Desis bobmarleyi
Desis species
Desognaphosa species?
Dicrostichus furcatus
(superseded)
Dicrostichus magnificus
(superseded)
Dictis striatipes
Dimidamus dimidiatus
Dinopis bicornis
(superseded)
Dinopis ravidus
(superseded)
Dolomedes briangreenei
Dolomedes facetus
Dolophones conifera
Dolophones notacantha
Dolophones pilosa
Dolophones species
Dolophones species
Dolophones species
Dolophones turrigera
Dyarcyops species
(superseded)
Dysdera crocata
Eilica albopunctata
Eilica species
Eilica species
Eilica species
Eilica species
Elassoctenus harpax
Elassoctenus species
Encoptarthia species?
Erigone prominens?
Erigone species?
Euoplos grandis
Euoplos variabilis
Euryopis elegans
Euryopis multipunctata?
Euryopis splendens?
Euryopis
superba/umbilicata
Euryattus bleekeri
Euryattus wallacei
Eutittha mordax
Evarcha longula
Fecenia ochracea
Forsterina species?
Gasteracantha minax
(superseded)
Gasteracantha fornicata
Gasteracantha
quadrispinosa
Gasteracantha
sacerdotalis
Gea theridioides
Gippsicola robusta
Habronestes bradleyi
Habronestes hebronae
Habronestes helenae
Habronestes hunti
Hadronyche
formidabilis
Hadronyche infensa
Hadronyche versuta
Hadrotarsine species
Hahniid species
Hasarius adansoni
Hedana species
Hedana species
Hedana species?
Helpis minitabunda
Hemicloea rogenhoferi
Herennia oz
Hestimodema ambigua?
Hetaerica scenica
Heteropoda jugulans
Heurodes turritus
(superseded)
Hickmania troglodytes
Hogna species
Holasteron aciculare
Holconia immanis
Holconia insignis
Holocnemus pluchei
Holoplatys queenslandica
Holoplatys complanata
Holoplatys daviesae
Holoplatys invenusta
Holoplatys lhotskyi
Holoplatys minuta
Holoplatys planissima
Holoplatys species
Hortophora biapicata
Hortophora transmarina
Hygropoda lineata
Iridonyssus kohouti?
Idioctis yerlata
Idiommata iridescens
Idiommata scintillans
Idiosoma berlandi
Intruda signata?
Isala cambridgei
Isala longimana
Isala palliolata
Isopeda flavida
(superseded)
Isopeda immanis
(superseded)
Isopeda queenslandensis
Isopeda vasta
Isopedella cerussata
Isopedella flavida
Isopedella victorialis
Ixamatus species
Ixamatus webbae
Ixeuticus longinquus
(superseded)
Ixeuticus robustus
(superseded)
Jacksonoides kochi
Janula bicornis
Jotus auripes
Jotus species
Judalana lutea
Karaops australiensis
Karaops raveni
Kilyana species
Lampona brevipes
Lampona bunya
Lampona cylindrata
(superseded)
Lampona gosford?
Lampona murina
Lampona ruida
Lamponina isa
Lampropodus iridescens
(superseded)
Laperousea species
Larinia phthisica
Latrodectus hasselti
Latrodectus mactans
(superseded)
Leichhardteus badius
Leichhardteus
conopalpis
Leucauge decorata
Leucauge dromedaria
Leviana dimidiata
Ligonipes semitectus
Ligonipes species
Loxosceles rufescens
Lycosa furcillata
(superseded)
Lycosa leucophaeoides?
Malkara loricata
Maratus chrysomelas
Maratus elephans
Maratus griseus
Maratus michaelseni
Maratus nigromaculatus
Maratus pavonis
Maratus scutulatus
Maratus vespertilio
Maratus volans
Matilda species
Meedo gympie?
Megadolomedes
australianus
Menemerus bivittatus
Menneus aussie
Menneus superciliosus
Meotipa pulcherrima
Mesida argentiopunctata
Miagrammopes bradleyi
Miagrammopes caudatus
Miagrammopes flavus
Micropholcommatid
species (?)
Migas species
Missulena bradleyi
Missulena occatoria
Missulena dipsaca
Mituliodon tarantulinus
Miturga gilva
Miturga lineata
Mitzoruga insularis
Molycria mcleani
Molycria quadricauda
Moneta australis
Moneta variabilis
Mopsolodes australensis
Mopsus bipenicillatus
(superseded)
Mopsus mormon
Morebilus fumosus
Morebilus plagusius
Myrmarachne
erythrocephala
Myrmarachne
helensmithae?
Myrmarachne luctuosa
Myrmarachne
macleayana robsoni
Myrmarachne species
Myrmarachne species
Namea flavomaculata
Namea salanitri
Namirea planipes
Nanometa species?
Neoarchemorus
speechleyi
Neon australis
Neoscona inusta
Neoscona theisi
Neosparassus calligaster
Neosparassus diana
Neosparassus pictus
Neosparassus salacius
Neostorena minor
Neostorena species
Nephila pilipes
Nephilengys papuana
Nesticodes rufipes
Nicodamid species
Nostera spinata
Nosterella nadgee
Notasteron lawlessi
Novakiella species
Novakiella
trituberculosa
Nucastia species
Nucastia supunnoides
Nuliodon fishburni
Nyssus albopunctatus
Nyssus coloripes
Nyssus jaredwardeni
Nyssus luteofinis
Nyssus paradoxus
Ocrisiona leucocomis
Odomasta species?
Oecobius marathaus
Oecobius navus
Opisthoncus abnormis
Opisthoncus
alborufescens
Opisthoncus magnidens
Opisthoncus mordax?
Opisthoncus
parcedentatus
Opisthoncus
polyphemus
Opisthoncus quadratarius
Opisthoncus
serratofasciatus
Opisthoncus
sexmaculatus
Opisthoncus tenuipes
Opopaea species
Orchestina species
Ordgarius furcatus
Ordgarius magnificus
Acroaspis tuberculifera
Ornodolomedes facetus
Oxyopes amoenus
Oxyopes elegans
Oxyopes gracilipes
Oxyopes macilentus
Oxyopes species
Oxyopes species
Oxyopes species
Oxyopes species
Oxyopes variabilis
Ozicrypta species
Pandercetes gracilis
Paraembolides boycei
Parahelpis species
Paramatachia tubicola
Paraplatoides
christopheri
Paraplatoides niger
Paraplectanoides
crassipes
Paraphilaeus daemeli
Parasteatoda decorata
Parasteatoda
tepidariorum
Pediana regina
Pelicinus species
Pentasteron simplex
Perenethis venusta
Peucetia species
Philodromus species?
Philoponella congregabilis
Philoponella pantherina
Philoponella species
Philoponella variabilis?
Pholcus phalangioides
Phonognatha graeffei
Phonognatha melania
Phoroncidia rotunda
Phoroncidia
sextuberculata
Phryganoporus candidus
Phrynarachne species
Phycosoma martinae
'Phycosoma' oecobioides?
Phylarchus splendens
(superseded)
Physocyclus globosus
Platnickina mneon?
Plebs bradleyi
Plebs eburnus
Plexippus paykulli
Plexippus petersi
Poecilipta janthina
Poecilipta kohouti
Poecilipta venusta
Poecilopachys
australasia
Poecilopachys bispinosa
(superseded)
Poecilothomisus
speciosus
Poltys laciniosus
Poltys illepidus
Porropis flavifrons
Portacosa cinerea
Portia fimbriata
Propostira quadrangulata?
Prostheclina pallida
Proszynellus species?
Pseudolampona warrandyte?
Pungalina albobarbata
Pystera orbiculata
(superseded)
Rhombonotus gracilis
Rhomphaea species
Runcinia acuminata
Salpesia squalida
Salpesia villosa
Salsa fuliginata
Sandalodes
albobarbatus
(superseded)
Sandalodes
bipenicillatus
Sandalodes scopifer
Sandalodes superbus
Scytodes thoracica
Selenocosmia crassipes
Selenocosmia stirlingi
Selenops australiensis
(superseded)
Seqocrypta jakara
Servaea villosa
Sidymella bicuspidata
Sidymella hirsuta
Sidymella longipes
Sidymella rubrosignata
Sidymella species
Sidymella trapezia
Simaetha tenuidens
Simaethula auronitens?
Simaethula janthina
Simonus lineatus
Smerinopus natalensis
Socca pustulosa
Sondra aurea
Sondra variabilis?
Stanwellia species
(superseded)
Steatoda capensis
Steatoda grossa
Steatoda species?
Steatoda species?
Stephanopis altifrons
Stephanopis barbipes
Stephanopis bicornis
Stephanopis corticalis
Stiphidion facetum
Stiphidium facetum
(superseded)
Storena mainae
Storenosoma species?
Storenosoma terraneum
Storosa obscura
Subasteron daviesae
Supunna albopunctatum
(superseded)
Synalus angustus
Synothele harveyi?
Tama fickerti
(superseded)
Tamopsis bradycauda
Tamopsis brisbanensis
Tamopsis fickerti
Tara anomala
Tarlina noorundi
Tarlina woodwardi
Tasmanicosa godeffroyi
Tasmanicosa leuckartii
Tauala lepidus
Tetragnatha
bituberculata
Telaprocera maudae
Tetragnatha demissa
Tetragnatha nitens
Tetragnatha rubriventris
Tetragnatha valida
Tharpyna campestrata
Tharpyna diademata
Tharpyna munda
Tharpyna species
Tharrhalea evanida
Tharrhalea pulleinei
Tharrhalea prasina
Tharrhalea species?
Thasyraea species
Theridion pyramidale
Theridion species?
Theridion theridioides
Theridula gonygaster
Therlinya vexillum
Thomisus spectabilis
Thwaitesia argentiopunctata
Thwaitesia nigronodosa
Ticopa australis
Tmarus cinerasceus
Tmarus marmoreus
Toxopsoides erici
Trachycosmus sculptilis
Trachycosmus
turramurra
Trichonephila edulis
Trichonephila plumipes
Tuxoctenus gloverae
Uloborus barbipes
Unknown gnaphosid
Unknown lycosid
Unknown lycosid
Unknown oxyopid
Unknown salticid
Urogelides daviesae
Venatrix brisbanae
Venatrix furcillata
Venatrix hickmani
Venatrix lapidosa
Venatrix ornatula
Venatrix pictiventris
Venatrix pseudospeciosa
Venonia micarioides
Wandella australiensis
Wydundra carinda
Xamiatus ilara
Xestaspis loricata?
Xysticus bimaculatus
Xysticus geometres
Zelotes sarawakensis
Zenodorus durvillei
Zenodorus orbiculatus
Zenodorus swiftorum
Zosis geniculata
Zygometis xanthogaster
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