Atrax

Atrax
Atrax robustus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Mygalomorphae
Family:Atracidae
Genus:Atrax
O.P.-Cambridge, 1877[1]

Atrax is a genus of venomous spiders found in Australia. It is a member of the family Atracidae, the Australian funnel-web spiders. 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  2. 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.

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