Gaius villosus

Gaius villosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Mygalomorphae
Family:Idiopidae
Genus:Gaius
Rainbow, 1914
Species: G. villosus
Binomial name
Gaius villosus
Rainbow, 1914
Synonyms
  • Anidiops villosus (Rainbow, 1914)

Gaius villosus is a species of armored trapdoor spider found in Western Australia in a variety of different habitats. It is the only species in the genus Gaius.[1][2]

Originally described in 1914 as Gaius villosus, in 1957, it was transferred to Anidiops (a genus no longer recognized). In 2017, it was returned to Gaius,[3] of which it is the sole species.[1]

Number 16, aged approximately 43 years at death and thought to be the longest-lived spider on record, was a female of this species.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Gaius Rainbow, 1914", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-05-16
  2. ↑ "Threatened Trapdoor Spiders of the Avon" (PDF). Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management. p. 8. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Rix, Michael G.; Raven, Robert J.; Main, Barbara York; Harrison, Sophie E.; Austin, Andrew D.; Cooper, Steven J.B.; Harvey, Mark S. (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. doi:10.1071/IS16065.
  4. ↑ Nelson, Bryan (28 April 2018). "World's longest-lived spider died at the ripe old age of 43". MNN - Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 4 May 2018.


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