Arbanitis grayi

Arbanitis grayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Arbanitis
Species:
A. grayi
Binomial name
Arbanitis grayi
(Wishart & Rowell 2008)
Synonyms[1]
  • Misgolas grayi Wishart & Rowell, 2008

Arbanitis grayi is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to New South Wales.[1]

It was first described by Wishart and Rowell in 2008 as Misgolas grayi,[1][2] but was transferred to the genus, Arbanitis, by Michael Rix and others in 2017.[1][3]

The species epithet honours the arachnologis, Michael R. Gray.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Arbanitis grayi (Wishart & Rowell, 2008)". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Graham Wishart; David M. Rowell (2008). "Trapdoor Spiders of the genus Misgolas (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from eastern New South Wales, with notes on genetic variation" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 60 (1): 45–86. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.60.2008.1495. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q92173811.
  3. ^ Michael G. Rix; Robert J. Raven; Barbara Y. Main; Sophie E. Harrison; Andrew D. Austin; Steven J. B. Cooper; Mark S. Harvey (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (5): 566–634. doi:10.1071/IS16065. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q56034666.


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