Biology:Arbanitis watsonorum
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Short description: Species of spider
| Arbanitis watsonorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Arbanitis |
| Species: | A. watsonorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Arbanitis watsonorum (Wishart & Rowell 2008)
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Arbanitis watsonorum 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 watsonorum,[1][2] but was transferred to the genus, Arbanitis, by Michael Rix and others in 2017.[1][3] The species epithet, watsonorum, honours Ken and Sue Watson.[2]
Description
The carapace of the male holotype is 6.75 mm long by 5.15 mm wide, with an abdomen 7.74 mm by 4.55 mm. The female paratype has a carapace which is 12.85 mm by 9.33 mm and an abdomen 18.82 mm by 11.76 mm.[2]
References
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