Atrax
For other uses, see Atrax (mythology).
| Atrax | |
|---|---|
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| Atrax robustus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Hexathelidae |
| Subfamily: | Atracinae |
| Genus: | Atrax O.P.-Cambridge, 1877[1] |
Atrax is a genus of venomous spiders found in Australia. It is a member of the subfamily Atracinae, the Australian funnel-web spiders, part of the Hexathelidae family. The genus was erected by the Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1877 for the species Atrax robustus.[2]
As of January 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1][2]
- Atrax robustus O.P.-Cambridge, 1877 — Sydney Basin, New South Wales
- Atrax yorkmainorum Gray, 2010 — Canberra region, Southern New South Wales
- Atrax sutherlandi Gray, 2010 — New South Wales far south coast, East Gippsland Victoria
References
- 1 2 "Gen. Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- 1 2 Gray, Michael R. (24 November 2010). "A revision of the Australian funnel-web spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum 62 (3): 285–392. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556.
External links
Data related to Atrax at Wikispecies
Media related to Atrax at Wikimedia Commons
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