Biology:Arbanitis wayorum

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Short description: Species of spider

Arbanitis wayorum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Arbanitis
Species:
A. wayorum
Binomial name
Arbanitis wayorum
(Wishart, 2006)
Synonyms[1]
  • Misgolas wayorum Wishart, 2006

Arbanitis wayorum 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 in 2006 as Misgolas wayorum,[1][2] but was transferred to the genus, Arbanitis, by Michael Rix and others in 2017.[1][3] The species epithet honours the Way family from Yowie Bay.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q95573584 entry