Blakistonia Explained
Blakistonia is a genus of Australian armoured trapdoor spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902.[1]
Species
the genus contained twenty species from the states of New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Victoria (VIC) or Western Australia (WA):[2]
- B. aurea Hogg, 1902 (type) – NSW, SA, VIC
- B. bassi Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. bella Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. birksi Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA, VIC
- B. carnarvon Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – QLD
- B. emmottorum Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – QLD
- B. gemmelli Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. hortoni Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. mainae Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – WA
- B. maryae Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. newtoni Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. nullarborensis Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – WA
- B. olea Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – WA
- B. parva Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. pidax Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. plata Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – QLD
- B. raveni Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – QLD
- B. tariae Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – WA
- B. tunstilli Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – SA
- B. wingellina Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – WA
Notes and References
- Hogg. H. R.. 1902. On some additions to the Australian spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 121–142 [131]. 72. II, 1. Henry_Roughton_Hogg.
- Gen. Blakistonia Hogg, 1902. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.