Robert J. Raven

For the botanist, see Peter H. Raven

Robert J. Raven, Australian arachnologist

Curator of Chelicerates at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia.

Authored taxa[edit]

158 taxon names authored by Robert J. Raven (May be incomplete)

Publications[edit]

(List of works may be incomplete)

1976[edit]

Raven, R.J., A new spider of the genus Hexathele Ausserer (Dipluridae: Mygalomorphae) from Australia. Proc. R. Soc. Qld 87: 53–61.

1978[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1978: Systematics of the spider subfamily Hexathelinae (Dipluridae: Mygalomorphae: Arachnida). Australian journal of zoology (Suppl.) 65: 1–75.
Raven, R.J. & N. I. Platnick. 1978: A new genus of the spider family Dipluridae from Chile (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Journal of arachnology, 6: 73–77.

1979[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1979: Systematics of the mygalomorph spider genus Masteria (Masteriinae: Dipluridae: Arachnida). Australian journal of zoology, 27: 623–636.

1980[edit]

Davies, V. T. & R. J. Raven. 1980: Megadolomedes nov. gen. (Araneae: Pisauridae) with a description of the male of the type-species, Dolomedes australianus Koch 1865. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 20: 135–141.
Raven, R.J., (1980a). The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata). Journal of arachnology, 8: 251–266.
Raven, R.J., (1980b). The Australian mygalomorph spider genus Ixamatus Simon (Dipluridae: Diplurinae) and its affinities. Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 5: 43–49.

1981[edit]

Raven, R.J., (1981a). The mygalomorph spider genera Phyxioschaema Simon and Stenygrocercus Simon (Dipluridae: Ischnothelinae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 5: 225–231.
Raven, R.J., (1981b). Three new mygalomorph spiders (Dipluridae, Masteriinae) from Colombia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 170: 57–63.
Raven, R.J., (1981c). A review of the Australian genera of the mygalomorph spider subfamily Diplurinae (Dipluridae: Chelicerata). Australian journal of zoology, 29: 321–363.
Raven, R.J. & N. I. Platnick. A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum novitates, 2707: 1–20.

1982[edit]

Raven, R.J., (1982a). On the mygalomorph spider genus Xamiatus Raven (Diplurinae: Dipluridae) with the description of a new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 20: 473–478.
Raven, R.J., (1982b). Systematics of the Australian mygalomorph spider genus Ixamatus Simon (Diplurinae: Dipluridae: Chelicerata). Australian journal of zoology, 30: 1035–1067.

1983[edit]

Raven, R.J., (1983a). Contributions to the knowledge of the mountain fauna of Malawi (Mission R. Jocqué). III. Dipluridae. Revue Zool. afr. 97: 345–352.
Raven, R.J., (1983b). Notes on some mygalomorph spiders in the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Dipluridae, Hexathelidae, Ctenizidae: Araneae). Revue Zool. afr. 97: 549–562.

1984[edit]

Raven, R.J., (1984a). Systematics of the Australian curtain-web spiders (Ischnotheline: Dipluridae: Chelicerata). Australian journal of zoology, (suppl. Ser.) 93: 1–102.
Raven, R.J., (1984b). A new diplurid genus from eastern Australia and a related Aname species (Diplurinae: Dipluridae: Araneae). Australian journal of zoology, (suppl. Ser.) 96: 1–51.
Raven, R.J., (1984c). A revision of the Aname maculata species group (Dipluridae, Araneae) with notes on biogeography. Journal of arachnology, 12: 177–193.
Raven, R.J., (1984d). Systematics and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Migidae (Araneae) in Australia. Australian journal of zoology, 32: 379–390.

1985[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1985a: The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 182: 1–180. PDF.
Raven, R.J., (1985b). A revision of the Aname pallida species-group in northern Australia. Australian journal of zoology, 33: 377–409.
Raven, R.J., (1985c). A new and interesting species of Cethegus Thorell (Ischnothelinae, Dipluridae) from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum, 19: 15–17.
Raven, R.J., (1985d). Two new species of Ixamatus Simon from eastern Australia (Nemesiidae, Mygalomorphae, Araneae). Journal of arachnology, 13: 285–290.

1986[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1986: A revision of the spider genus Sason Simon (Sasoninae, Barychelidae, Mygalomorphae) and its historical biogeography. Journal of arachnology, 14: 47–70.

1987[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1987: A new mygalomorph spider genus from Mexico (Nemesiinae, Nemesiidae, Arachnida). Journal of arachnology, 14: 357–362.

1988[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1988: A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Idioctis (Araneae, Barychelidae). American Museum novitates, 2929: 1–14.

1989[edit]

Raven, R.J. & T. B. Churchill. 1989: A new species of Migas (Araneae, Migidae), with notes on Heteromigas in Tasmania. Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 8: 5–8.
Raven, R.J. & P. J. Schwendinger. 1989: On a new Phyxioschema (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) from Thailand and its biology. Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 8: 55–60.

1990[edit]

Paz S., N. & R. J. Raven. 1990: A new species of Linothele from Colombia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae). Journal of arachnology, 18: 79–86.
Raven, R.J., 1990: A revision of the Australian spider genus Trittame Koch (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) and a new related genus. Invertebr. Taxon. 4: 21–54.

1991[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1991: A revision of the mygalomorph spider family Dipluridae in New Caledonia (Araneae). In Chazeau, J. & S. Tillier (eds.), Zoologia Neocaledonica, Vol. 2. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. (A) 149: 87–117.
Raven, R.J. & T. B. Churchill. 1991: A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Encyocrypta Simon in New Caledonia (Araneae Barychelidae). In Chazeau, J. & S. Tillier (eds.), Zoologia Neocaledonica, Vol. 2. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. (A) 149: 31–86.

1992[edit]

Churchill, T.B. & Raven, R.J. 1992: Systematics of the intertidal trapdoor spider genus Idioctis (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) in the western Pacific with a new genus from the northeast. Memoirs of The Queensland Museum, 32: 9–30.full article (pdf BHL). reference page

1993[edit]

Raven, R.J., 1993: The biodiversity of Australian mygalomorph spiders. I. Two new species of Namirea (Araneae: Dipluridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 34: 81–88.

1994[edit]

Raven, R.J. 1994: Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the Western Pacific. Memoirs of The Queensland Museum, 35: 291-706. full article (pdf BHL). reference page

1995[edit]

Raven, R.J., Schwendinger, P.J. 1995: Three new mygalomorph spider genera from Thailand and China (Araneae). Memoirs of The Queensland Museum, 38: 623-641.full article (pdf BHL). reference page

1999[edit]

Raven, R.J. 1999: Review of the mygalomorph genus Melloina Brignoli (Paratropididae: Araneae). Memoirs of The Queensland Museum, 43: 819-825. full article (pdf BHL). reference page

2000[edit]

Raven, R.J. 2000: Taxonomica Araneae 1: Barychelidae, Theraphosidae, Nemesiidae and Dipluridae (Araneae). Memoirs of The Queensland Museum, 45: 569-575. full article (pdf BHL). reference page
Raven, R.J. 2000a: A new species of funnel-web spider (Hadronyche: Hexathelidae: Mygalomorphae) from north Queensland. Memoirs of The Queensland Museum, 46: 225-230. full article (pdf BHL). reference page
Raven, R.J. & B. C. Baehr. 2000: Revised status of the genus Hetaerica Rainbow (Araneae: Zodariidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 45: 577–583.

2001[edit]

Raven, R.J., K. Stumkat & M. R. Gray. 2001: Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: I. Amauropelma gen. nov. (Araneomorphae: Ctenidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 64: 187–227.

2002[edit]

Raven, R.J., Stumkat, K.S. 2002: Pteroneta Deeleman-Reinhold and a remarkable sympatric Clubiona (Clubionidae: Araneomorphae: Arachnida) in northern Australia. Memoirs of The Queensland Museum, 48: 199-206.full article (pdf BHL). reference page

2003[edit]

Raven, R.J. & K. Stumkat. 2003: Problem solving in the spider families Miturgidae, Ctenidae and Psechridae (Araneae) in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of arachnology, 31: 105–121.

2005[edit]

Raven, R.J., 2005: A new tarantula species from northern Australia (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Zootaxa, 1004: 15–28.
Raven, R.J. & K. S. Stumkat. 2005: Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: II. Zoropsidae (Lycosoidea: Araneae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 50: 347–423.

2006[edit]

Raven, R. J. & G. Wishart. 2006: The trapdoor spider Arbanitis L. Koch (Idiopidae: Mygalomorphae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 51: 531–557.

2008[edit]

Raven, R.J., (2008a). A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Monodontium Kulczynski (Barychelidae: Araneae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 56: 29–44.
Raven, R.J., (2008b). Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: III. Tuxoctenus gen. nov. (Araneomorphae: Zoridae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 24: 351–361.

2009[edit]

Baehr, B. C. & R. J. Raven. 2009: Revision of the Australian spider genus Habronestes L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Zodariidae). Species of Tasmania. Contrib. nat. Hist. 12: 127–151.
Raven, R.J., 2009: Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: IV. The spider subfamily Diaprograptinae subfam. nov. (Araneomorphae: Miturgidae). Zootaxa, 2035: 1–40.

2010[edit]

Javed, S. M. M., R. J. Raven, F. Tampal & K. T. Rao. 2010: Occurrence and redescription of Sipalolasma arthrapophysis (Gravely, 1915) (Araneae: Barychelidae: Barychelinae) from India. J. Threatened Taxa 2: 867–875.
Siliwal, M. & R. J. Raven. 2010: Taxonomic change of two species in the genus Haploclastus Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 46: 71–75

2011[edit]

Baehr, B. C., R. J. Raven & W. Hebron. 2011: Orsolobidae of the IBISCA-Queensland project at Lamington National Park. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, 55: 439–449.

2012[edit]

Ott, M. J. Ramírez, R. J. Raven, C. A. Rheims, G. R. S. Ruiz, A. J. Santos, A. Saucedo, P. Sierwald, T. Szüts, D. Ubick & X.-P. Wang. (Platnick et al., 2012a). 2012: Tarsal organ morphology and the phylogeny of goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on basal genera. American Museum novitates, 3736: 1–52.
Raven, R.J., 2012: Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders. V. A new lycosoid genus from eastern Australia (Araneae: Tengellidae). Zootaxa, 3305: 28–52.

2015[edit]

Raven, R.J. 2015: A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa 3958(1): 1–258. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-693-8 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-694-5 (Online edition) reference page

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