''Meedo'' is a
genus
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of
Australia
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araneomorph spiders in the family
Trachycosmidae
Trachycosmidae, is a family of spiders in the infraorder Araneomorphae.
Identification
They can be identified by the lateral spinnerets, which are separated by the length of their diameter and have their complete distal article without inflata ...
, and was first described by
Barbara York Main
Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main, Australia's spider woman and Wheatbelt advocate, author and poet dies"''Off Track'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Published May 23, 2019. Acces ...
in 1987.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
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Meedo bluff''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Meedo booti''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Meedo broadwater''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland)
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Meedo cohuna''
Platnick, 2002 – eastern Australia
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Meedo flinders''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (South Australia)
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Meedo gympie''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Meedo harveyi''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Meedo houstoni''
Main, 1987 (
type
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) – Australia (Western Australia)
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Meedo mullaroo''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland to Victoria)
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Meedo munmorah''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Meedo ovtsharenkoi''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Meedo yarragin''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Meedo yeni''
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria)
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gallieniellidae
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