Biology:Atrax montanus
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Short description: Large Australian venomous spider
| Atrax montanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Atracidae |
| Genus: | Atrax |
| Species: | A. montanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Atrax montanus (Rainbow, 1914)
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Atrax montanus, the Southern Sydney funnel-web spider, is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found near the Blue Mountains from the Central Coast south to the Georges River, extending as far west as Baulkham Hills near the southern end of its distribution.[1] It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. The species was described in 1914 but was later considered to be the same species as Atrax robustus until 2025.[2][3] They have similar distributions and look extremely similar.[4]
References
- ↑ Vince, Claire. "Scientists resolve "identity crisis" for Australia's deadliest spider" (in en). https://australian.museum/about/organisation/media-centre/sydney-funnel-web-spider-reclassified/.
- ↑ Gray, Michael R. (2010-11-24). "A revision of the Australian funnel-web spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)". Records of the Australian Museum 62 (3): 285–392. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556. ISSN 0067-1975. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556.
- ↑ Loria, Stephanie F.; Frank, Svea-Celina; Dupérré, Nadine; Smith, Helen M.; Jones, Braxton; Buzatto, Bruno A.; Harms, Danilo (2025-01-13). "The world's most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)". BMC Ecology and Evolution 25 (1): 7. doi:10.1186/s12862-024-02332-0. ISSN 2730-7182. PMID 39800689.
- ↑ Smith, Helen. "Sydney's famous funnel-web spider splits into three!" (in en). https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/sydneys-famous-funnel-web-spider-splits-into-three/.
Wikidata ☰ Q131759078 entry
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