Anton Ausserer [SEP] place of death
Anton Ausserer
Anton Ausserer (5 July 1843 in Bozen (Bolzano), Tyrol – 20 July 1889 in Graz) was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.
Selected publications.
- 1867. "Die Arachniden Tirols nach ihrer horizontalen und verticalen Verbreitung, 1." "Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft". Wien, 17:137–170.
- 1871. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". "Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft
" was erected by Anton Ausserer in 1871, with the type species being "Macrothele calpeiana", formerly "Mygale calpeiana". Ausserer placed the genus in the then very broadly defined family Theraphosidae. It was later placed in the Dipluridae and the Hexathelidae before being transferred to the Macrothelidae in 2018. A molecular phylogenetic study in 2018 suggested that "Macrothele" was a distinct, early diverging lineage within the Mygalomorphae. Accordingly Simon's subfamily Macrothelinae was elevated to the family Macrothelidae. There is some doubt if the western and eastern