Michael Gordon Rix

Michael Gordon Rix, Australian arachnologist

• Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
• The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
• Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Australia

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 222 taxon names authored by Michael Gordon Rix

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Rix, M.G. 2005. A review of the Tasmanian species of Pararchaeidae and Holarchaeidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 33: 135-152. Reference page. 

2006

• Rix, M.G. 2006: Systematics of the Australasian spider family Pararchaeidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Invertebrate systematics 20(2): 203–254. DOI: 10.1071/IS05032 . Reference page. 

2008

• Rix, M.G. 2008. A new species of Micropholcomma (Araneae: Araneoidea: Micropholcommatidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24: 343-348. Reference page. 

2009

• Rix, M.G. Roberts, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. The spider families Synotaxidae and Malkaridae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 295-304. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(3).2009.295-304. . Reference page. 

2010

• Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2010. The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1–321. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.36.306 . Reference page. 

2011

• Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2011. Australian assassins, part I: a review of the assassin spiders (Araneae: Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys 123: 1–100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.123.1448 Reference page. 

2012

• Harvey, F.S.B., Framenau, V.W., Wojcieszek, J.M., Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Molecular and morphological characterisation of new species in the trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Zootaxa 3383: 15–38. Preview PDF. Reference page. 

2017

• Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J., Main, B.Y., Harrison, S.E., Austin, A.D., Cooper, S.J.B. & Harvey, M.S. 2017. The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. Invertebrate Systematics 31(5): 566-634. DOI: 10.1071/IS16065. Reference page. 

2018

• Harrison, S.E., Rix, M.G., Harvey, M.S. & Austin, A.D. 2018. Systematics of the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Blakistonia Hogg (Araneae: Idiopidae). Zootaxa 4518(1): 001–076. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4518.1.1. Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.S., Hillyer, M.J., Main, B.Y., Moulds, T.A., Raven, R.J., Rix, M.G., Vink, C.J. & Huey, J.A. 2018. Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian open-holed trapdoor spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae: Anaminae): multi-locus molecular analyses resolve the generic classification of a highly diverse fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184(2): 407-452. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx111. Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Huey, J.A., Cooper, S.J.B., Austin, A.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2018. Conservation systematics of the shield-backed trapdoor spiders of the nigrum-group (Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae, Idiosoma): integrative taxonomy reveals a diverse and threatened fauna from south-western Australia. ZooKeys 756: 1–121. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.756.24397. Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J., Austin, A.D., Cooper, S.J.B. & Harvey, M.S. 2018. Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Bungulla (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae): revealing a remarkable radiation of mygalomorph spiders from the Western Australian arid zone. The Journal of Arachnology 46(2): 249-344. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-17-057.1. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Main, B.Y., Raven, R.J. & Harvey, M.S. 2018. Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Eucanippe (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Aganippini) from south-western Australia: documenting a poorly-known lineage from Australia's biodiversity hotspot. The Journal of Arachnology 46(1): 133-154 & Appendix "Atlas of male morphology spiny trapdoor spiders (genus Eucanippe)". DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-17-030.1. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J. & Harvey, M.S. 2018. Systematics of the giant spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Gaius Rainbow (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Aganippini): documenting an iconic lineage of the Western Australian inland arid zone. The Journal of Arachnology 46(3): 438-472. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-17-079.1. . Reference page. 

2019

• Huey, J.A., Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D., Hillyer, M.J. & Harvey, M.S. 2019. Open-holed trapdoor spiders of the genus Teyl (Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae: Anamini) from Western Australia’s Pilbara bioregion: a new species and expanded phylogenetic assessment. Zootaxa 4674(3): 349–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.3.3. Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2019. A revision of the white-headed spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Euoplos (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Arbanitinae): a remarkable lineage of rare mygalomorph spiders from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot. The Journal of Arachnology 47(1): 63-76. Reference page. .
• Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D., Rix, A.G., Wojcieszek, A.M., Huey, J.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2019. Population demography and biology of a new species of giant spiny trapdoor spider (Araneae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from inland Queensland: developing a ‘slow science’ study system to address a conservation crisis. Austral Entomology 58(2): 282-297. Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J., Schmidt, D.J. & Hughes, J.M. 2019. Systematics of the palisade trapdoor spiders (Euoplos) of south-eastern Queensland (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae): four new species distinguished by their burrow entrance architecture. Invertebrate Systematics 33(2): 253-276. DOI: 10.1071/IS18014. Reference page. 

2020

• Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2020. First phylogenetic assessment and taxonomic synopsis of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Namea (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae): a highly diverse mygalomorph lineage from Australia’s tropical eastern rainforests. Invertebrate Systematics 34(7): 679-726. DOI: 10.1071/IS20004. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2020. The open-holed trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Namea) of Australia’s D’Aguilar Range: revealing an unexpected subtropical hotspot of rainforest diversity. Zootaxa 4861(1): 71–91. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.1.5 Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Raven, R.J., Schmidt, D.J., Hughes, J.M. & Rix, M.G. 2020. Total-evidence analysis of an undescribed fauna: resolving the evolution and classification of Australia′s golden trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae: Arbanitinae: Euoplini). Cladistics 36: 543–568. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12415. . Reference page. 

2021

• Wilson, J.D. & Rix, M.G. 2021. Systematics of the Australian golden trapdoor spiders of the Euoplos variabilis-group (Mygalomorphae : Idiopidae : Euoplini): parapatry and sympatry between closely related species in subtropical Queensland. Invertebrate Systematics 35: 514–541. DOI: 10.1071/IS20055. . Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G., Schmidt, D.J., Hughes, J.M. & Raven, R.J. 2021. Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Cryptoforis (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplini): documenting an enigmatic lineage from the eastern Australian mesic zone. Journal of Arachnology 49: 28–90. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-18-100. . Reference page. 

2022

• Harvey, M.S., Wilson, J.D. & Rix, M.G. 2022. Two new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from southern Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 2: 1-8. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.h7iv8. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2022. A new species of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Eucyrtops (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from south-western Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 4: 1-6. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.unvpo. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Wilmer, J.W. & Harvey, M.S., 2022. Rainforest pelican spiders (Archaeidae: Austrarchaea) of south-eastern Queensland, Australia: two new species and a distributional reassessment of regional endemic clades. Journal of Arachnology 50(2): 231-249. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-071. . Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Harvey, M.S. & Rix, M.G. 2022. Euoplos eungellaensis (Idiopidae), a new golden trapdoor spider from central-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 5: 1-8. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.lmcbc. . Reference page. 

2023

• Harvey, M.S., Wilson, J.D. & Rix, M.G. 2023. Three new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Kwonkan (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from central Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 21: 1-9. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.l6he8. . Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.S., Wilson, J.D. & Rix, M.G. 2023a. Two new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Proshermacha (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from southern Western Australia Australian Journal of Taxonomy 43: 1-13. DOI: doi:10.54102/ajt.2k58g. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Wilmer, J.W. & Oliver, P.M. 2023. A new species of Endangered giant trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from the Brigalow Belt of inland Queensland, Australia. The Journal of Arachnology 51(1): 27-36. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-056. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2023. A revision of the open-holed trapdoor spiders of the Teyl damsonoides-group (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Teylinae) from south-western Australia. The Journal of Arachnology 51(3): 287-377. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-077. . Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2023. Description of five new Aname L. Koch, 1873 (Araneae, Anamidae) species collected on Bush Blitz expeditions. European Journal of Taxonomy 890: 1–22. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.890.2247. . Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2023a. A new spider species of the genus Proshermacha (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from the Coolgardie and Murchison bioregions of Western Australia, collected on a Bush Blitz expedition. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 19: 1-7. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.olxwd. . Reference page. 

2024

• Marsh, J.R., Harrison, S.E., Wilson, J.D. & Rix, M.G. 2024. A new species of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Blakistonia (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 59: 1–9. Full article (PDF). DOI: 10.54102/ajt.blmvg. . Reference page. 
• Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2024. A new species of pelican spider (Araneae: Archaeidae) from the Whitsunday hinterland of central-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 64: 1–7. Full article (PDF). DOI: 10.54102/ajt.8sf6i. . Reference page. 

2025

• Wilson, J.D., Harvey, M.S., Simmons, L.W. & Rix, M.G. 2025. An integrative systematic revision of the wishbone spiders (Araneae: Anamidae: Aname L. Koch, 1873) of subtropical and tropical eastern Australia, with the description of 55 new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 985: 1-298. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.985.2845. . Reference page. 
• Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2025. Two new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Kwonkan (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 88: 1-7. Full article (PDF)Reference page.