| Arbanitis watsonorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Arbanitis |
| Species: | A. watsonorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Arbanitis watsonorum (Wishart & Rowell 2008) | |
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Arbanitis watsonorum is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to New South Wales.
It was first described by Wishart and Rowell in 2008 as Misgolas watsonorum, but was transferred to the genus, Arbanitis, by Michael Rix and others in 2017. The species epithet, watsonorum, honours Ken and Sue Watson.
Description
The carapace of the male holotype is 6.75 mm long by 5.15 mm wide, with an abdomen 7.74 mm by 4.55 mm. The female paratype has a carapace which is 12.85 mm by 9.33 mm and an abdomen 18.82 mm by 11.76 mm.
References
- ^ Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Arbanitis thompsonae (Wishart & Rowell, 2008)". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ 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. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.60.2008.1495. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q92173811.
- 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.
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| Arbanitis watsonorum | |
| Misgolas watsonorum | |
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