Blakistonia parva

Blakistonia parva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Blakistonia
Species:
B. parva
Binomial name
Blakistonia parva

Blakistonia parva is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Sophie Harrison, Michael Rix, Mark Harvey and Andrew Austin. The specific epithet parva comes from the Latin for "small’, with reference to its size relative to other Blakistonia species.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in northern South Australia. The type locality is Beresford Railway Station, a now derelict station on the former Central Australia Railway, south-west of Lake Eyre and 140 km north of Andamooka.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Harrison, SE; Rix, MG; Harvey, MS; Austin, AD (2018). "Systematics of the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Blakistonia Hogg (Araneae: Idiopidae)". Zootaxa. 4518 (1): 1–76 [55]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4518.1.1. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ a b "Species Blakistonia parva Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-27.


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