Blakistonia aurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Idiopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Idiopoidea

Familia: Idiopidae
Subfamilia: Arbanitinae
Tribus: Arbanitini
Genus: Blakistonia
Species: Blakistonia aurea

Name

Blakistonia aurea Hogg, 1902

Type locality: Australia, South Australia, Lower North Road, Adelaide and Blakiston and Mount Lofty Ranges.

Syntypes: 1 male ♂ and 4 females ♀♀. (purportedly BMNH, SAM; presumed lost).

Synonymy

• Aganippe villosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 96 (synonymised by Main, 1985: 40)
  • Type locality: Australia, South Australia.
    • Holotype: AMS. female ♀. Bridgewater. AMS KS6156.

References

Additional references

• Harrison, S.E., Rix, M.G., Harvey, M.S. & Austin, A.D. 2018. Systematics of the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Blakistonia Hogg (Araneae: Idiopidae). Zootaxa 4518(1): 001–076. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4518.1.1. Reference page.