Arbanitis weigelorum

Arbanitis weigelorum
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. weigelorum
Binomial name
Arbanitis weigelorum
(Wishart & Rowell 2008)
Synonyms[1]
  • Misgolas weigelorum Wishart & Rowell, 2008

Arbanitis weigelorum 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 weigelorum,[1][2] but was transferred to the genus, Arbanitis, by Michael Rix and others in 2017.[1][3] The species epithet honours John & Robyn Weigel, proprietors of the Australian Reptile Park, a source of many spiders for the Australian Museum.[2]

The species has been found in/near Gosford, N.S.W, and none of its burrows had been found at the time it was first described.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Arbanitis weigelorum (Wishart & Rowell, 2008)". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c 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.