Zephyrarchaea

(after Rix & Harvey 2012): Species of Zephyrarchaea can be distinguished from all eastern Australian species of Austrarchaea by the significantly shorter carapace, by the presence of accessory setae on or adjacent to the proximal (rather than the distal) bulge of the male cheliceral paturon and by the shape of the two conductor sclerites on the male pedipalp, which are hinged, unfused and moveable, together forming a fully articulated cradle for the unexpanded embolus. Like species of Austrarchaea, the genus can be further distinguished from Malagasy and African species of Eriauchenius and Afrarchaea by the presence of numerous, clustered spermathecae in females and by the presence of a long, wiry embolus on the pedipalp of males.