''Mediothele'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
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funnel-web spiders that was first described by
Robert John Raven &
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...
in 1978.
Species
it contains six species, all found in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
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Mediothele anae
''Mediothele'' is a genus of South American funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven & Norman I. Platnick in 1978.
Species
it contains six species, all found in Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is ...
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Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
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Mediothele australis
''Mediothele'' is a genus of South American funnel-web spiders that was first described by Robert John Raven & Norman I. Platnick in 1978.
Species
it contains six species, all found in Chile:
*''Mediothele anae
''Mediothele'' is a genus of ...
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Raven & Platnick, 1978 (
type) – Chile
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Mediothele lagos''
Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
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Mediothele linares''
Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
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Mediothele minima''
Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
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Mediothele nahuelbuta''
Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
References
Hexathelidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of South America
Endemic fauna of Chile
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