Michael G. Rix | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Scientific career | |
Fields | biology, zoology, arachnology |
Institutions | Queensland Museum |
Thesis | Taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae) (2009) |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Rix |
Michael Gordon Rix is an Australian arachnologist, whose publications mainly concern spiders.
As of February 2020 [update], he was Principal Curator of Arachnology and Research Fellow in the Biodiversity and Geosciences Program at the Queensland Museum. [1] He has held numerous professional appointments including President of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists and Associate Editor of the Journal of Arachnology. He is widely published and cited. [2] The World Spider Catalog lists 166 species names [3] and 22 genus names [4] authored or co-authored by Rix, as of February 2020 [update]. Pseudoanyphaena michaelrixi, discovered in 2003, was named after him. [5]
His interest in spiders developed as a boy. [6] He has interest in Australian trapdoor spiders and his research into their decline over the past decade. [7] [8]
In early 2020 Rix expressed concern over the likely extinction of the assassin spider — Zephyrarchaea austini — also called the pelican spider, which is only known to occur in the Western River Wilderness Protection Area on Kangaroo Island, as a result of the catastrophic 2020 bush fires. [9]
Michael G. Rix | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Scientific career | |
Fields | biology, zoology, arachnology |
Institutions | Queensland Museum |
Thesis | Taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae) (2009) |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Rix |
Michael Gordon Rix is an Australian arachnologist, whose publications mainly concern spiders.
As of February 2020 [update], he was Principal Curator of Arachnology and Research Fellow in the Biodiversity and Geosciences Program at the Queensland Museum. [1] He has held numerous professional appointments including President of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists and Associate Editor of the Journal of Arachnology. He is widely published and cited. [2] The World Spider Catalog lists 166 species names [3] and 22 genus names [4] authored or co-authored by Rix, as of February 2020 [update]. Pseudoanyphaena michaelrixi, discovered in 2003, was named after him. [5]
His interest in spiders developed as a boy. [6] He has interest in Australian trapdoor spiders and his research into their decline over the past decade. [7] [8]
In early 2020 Rix expressed concern over the likely extinction of the assassin spider — Zephyrarchaea austini — also called the pelican spider, which is only known to occur in the Western River Wilderness Protection Area on Kangaroo Island, as a result of the catastrophic 2020 bush fires. [9]