''Austrarchaea binfordae'' is a species of spider in the genus ''
Austrarchaea
''Austrarchaea'' is a genus of Australian Archaeidae, assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. A further 25 were described by Michael G. Rix, Michael Gordon Rix and Mark Harvey (arachnologist), Mark ...
''. It was described by
Rix &
Harvey
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in 2011 after being identified near
Wauchope in
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
, Australia.
It is named for the US
arachnologist
Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of sp ...
,
Greta Binford.
References
Archaeidae
Spiders of Australia
Spiders described in 2011
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