Australian Museum Journal A revision of the Australian funnel-web spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)
- Shortform:
- Gray, 2010. Rec. Aust. Mus. 62(3): 285–392
- Author(s):
- Gray, Michael R.
- Year published:
- 2010
- Title:
- A revision of the Australian funnel-web spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 285
- End page:
- 392
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 24 November 2010
- Cover date:
- 24 November 2010
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ARACHNIDA; TAXONOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY
- Digitized:
- 22 October 2010
- Available online:
- 25 November 2010
- Reference number:
- 1556
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (6331kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (6169kb PDF)
Abstract
The Australian funnel-web spiders of the subfamily Atracinae are revised. The Atracinae are divided into three genera—Atrax O.P.-Cambridge with three species (two new), Hadronyche L. Koch with 31 species (18 new), and Illawarra n.gen. with one new species. Hadronyche is divided into four species groups—the lamingtonensis, adelaidensis, infensa and cerberea groups. Fourteen previously described species are redescribed or diagnosed. Twenty one new species are described: Atrax sutherlandi n.sp., A. yorkmainorum n.sp., Illawarra wisharti n.sp., Hadronyche alpina n.sp., H. emmalizae n.sp., H. marracoonda n.sp., H. monaro n.sp., H. tambo n.sp., H. nimoola n.sp., H. mascordi n.sp., H. jensenae n.sp., H. orana n.sp., H. lynabrae n.sp., H. kaputarensis n.sp., H. levittgreggae n.sp., H. macquariensis n.sp., H. walkeri n.sp., H. raveni n.sp., H. lamingtonensis n.sp., H. annachristiae n.sp. and H. monteithi n.sp. Two species described from Melanesia, H. hirsuta Rainbow and Styphlopis insularis Rainbow, are regarded as nomen dubia.