Arbanitis maculosus explained

Arbanitis maculosus 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 William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine in 1918 as Dyarcyops maculosus,[2] but was transferred to the genus, Misgolas, in 2006 by Wishart[2] and then in 2017 Michael Rix and others transferred it to the genus, Arbanitis.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Arbanitis hirsutus. 2022-01-06. biodiversity.org.au. en.
  2. Web site: Natural History Museum Bern. NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Arbanitis maculosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918). 2022-01-05. wsc.nmbe.ch. en.