Corasoides

Corasoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1929.^[2] Originally placed with the Agelenidae,^[2] it was moved to the Stiphidiidae in 1973,^[3] and to the Desidae after a 2017 genetic study.^[4]

Species

As of September 2019 it contains ten species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea:^[1]

• 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)

See also

• List of Desidae species

References