Morebilus

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Morebilus

| image = Hemicloea major.jpg

| image_caption = M. plagusius

| authority=Platnick

| type_species = Morebilus plagusius

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 13, see text

}}

Morebilus is a genus of spiders in the family Trachycosmidae found in southern and western Australia, first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002. These are large spiders, with the carapace of males ranging from 10 to 16 millimeters and those of females ranging from 10 to 24 millimeters.{{cite journal| last=Platnick| first=N. I.| year=2002| title=A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| volume=271| pages=1–243| doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2| s2cid=86321070| url=https://zenodo.org/record/5396112}} They look similar to members of Rebilus, especially the spinneret and tarsal claw, but members of this genus have an inclined lip at the anterior edge of the sternum as well as a pair of enlarged sclerites on the coxal glands.

Species

{{As of|2019|02}}, it contains 13 species:{{cite web|title=Trochanteriidae| website=World Spider Catalog

| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| accessdate=2019-03-05| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3782}}

References

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Category:Trochanteriidae

Category:Araneomorphae genera

Category:Spiders of Australia

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