Peacock or Assassin Spiders
Archaeidae
The Assassin or Pelican Spiders can easily be distinguished by their elongated cephalic region and chelicerae. The family was revised in three volumes by Rix and Harvey (2011, 2012).
Publications
Rix MG & Harvey MS (2011): Australian assassins, Part I: A review of the assassin spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia. ZooKeys. 123: 1 - 100
Rix MG & Harvey MS (2012): Australian assassins, part III: A review of the assassin spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys. 218: 1 - 55
Rix MR & Harvey MS (2012): Australian assassins, part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australi. ZooKeys. 191: 1 - 62