Bertmainius is a genus of spiders in the family Migidae. It was first described in 2015 by Mark Harvey, Barbara York Main, Michael Rix and Steven Cooper. As of 2017[update], it contains 7 species, all from Western Australia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Migidae |
| Genus: | Bertmainius Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015[1] |
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7 species, see text | |
Species
editBertmainius comprises the following species:[1]
- Bertmainius colonus Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
- Bertmainius monachus Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
- Bertmainius mysticus Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
- Bertmainius opimus Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
- Bertmainius pandus Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
- Bertmainius tingle (Main, 1991)
- Bertmainius tumidus Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Bertmainius Harvey, Main, Rix & Cooper, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ Harvey, M.S., Main, B.Y., Rix, M.G. and Cooper, S.J.B. (2015). Refugia within refugia: in situ speciation and conservation of threatened Bertmainius (Araneae: Migidae), a new genus of relictual trapdoor spiders endemic to the mesic zone of south-western Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 29: 511–553.