World Spider Catalog

Genus: Synothele Simon, 1908 | Family: Barychelidae Simon, 1889

Synothele xintillans Raven, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067109

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (South Australia)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia f (KS5192 = paralectotype of Lampropodus scintillans) - (Raven, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Lampropodus scintillans Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 135, pl. 17, f. 19-20 (f; misidentified per Raven, 2026: 171)

Synothele xintillans Raven, 2026: 171, f. 14a-c, 15a-c (Df) Original description

References

Rainbow, W. J. & Pulleine, R. H. (1918). Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169, pl. 12-24. -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. (2026). A review of Idiommata Ausserer, 1871 (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae), with the description of a related new genus and new species of giant Australian brushfooted spiders. Zootaxa 5821(2): 151-175. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5821.2.1 [[Zoobank: 640A90AD-BCE4-42FB-98F0-CF69BD1787CA]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Raven, 2026
2026-05-30	New species inserted	Raven, 2026

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