Tartarus | |
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Tartarus mullamullangensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Stiphidiidae |
Genus: | Tartarus Gray, 1973 |
Species | |
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Diversity | |
4 species |
Tartarus is a genus of spiders in the family Stiphidiidae.[1] All four described species are found in cave systems of Western Australia.[2] These are located in the karst area of the Nullarbor Plain. They are likely relict species from a time when the region was much more humid, given the fact that the other members of the family Stiphidiidae in Southern Australia live in forests.