Arbanitis mudfordae

Arbanitis mudfordae is a spiny^[2] trapdoor spider in the Idiopidae family, which is found in New South Wales.^[1]

Arbanitis mudfordae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Arbanitis
Species:	A. mudfordae
Binomial name
Arbanitis mudfordae (Wishart & Rowell, 2008)
Synonyms[1]
Misgolas mudfordae Wishart & Rowell, 2008

It was first described by Graham Wishart and David Rowell in 2008 as Misgolas mudfordae,^[1][3] In 2015, genera boundaries in the Mygalomorphae were redefined by Rix and others, defining the new genus Arbanitis, and giving the new species name, Arbanitis mudfordae.^[4]

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory:Arbanitis mudfordae (Wishart, 2011)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
2. Bern, Natural History Museum. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Arbanitis mudfordae". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
3. Graham Wishart; David M. Rowell (2008). "Trapdoor Spiders of the genus Misgolas (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from eastern New South Wales, with notes on genetic variation" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 60 (1): 45-86 [48]. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.60.2008.1495. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q92173811.
4. Michael G. Rix; Robert J. Raven; Barbara Y. Main; Sophie E. Harrison; Andrew D. Austin; Steven J. B. Cooper; Mark S. Harvey (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (5): 566–634. doi:10.1071/IS16065. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q56034666.