Robert John Raven

Robert John Raven, Australian arachnologist.

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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. & Churchill T.B., 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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