Species Arbanitis gracilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arbanitis gracilis Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40879, KS6262 ♀ adult, The Domain, Sydney, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM K41444 3♀ adult (lost).
• Arbanitis villosus Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Trapdoor spiders of the Chevert Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 13: 77-85 [4 Dec. 1920] [78] [the syntypes are allegedly from Papua New Guinea, but may have come from Australia].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM K41699 ♀, ♂ adult, Papua New Guinea (as Papua); AM K41700 ♀ adult, Papua New Guinea (as Papua).
• Arbanitis bradleyi Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Trapdoor spiders of the Chevert Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 13: 77-85 [4 Dec. 1920] [80].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM K41701 ♂ adult, ♀ juv., Papua New Guinea (as Papua); allegedly from Papua New Guinea, but may have come from Australia; AM K41702 ♂ adult, Papua New Guinea (as Papua).
• Idioctis papuensis Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Trapdoor spiders of the Chevert Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 13: 77-85 [4 Dec. 1920] [82] [the type is allegedly from New Guinea, but may have come from Australia].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K41704, KS1369 ♀ adult, Papua New Guinea (as Papua).

 

Generic Combinations

• Misgolas gracilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918).
• Arbanitis gracilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Sydney & environs, W into Blue Mtns and northward (probably confined mainly to Hawksbury sandstones).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Burrow with thin trapdoor in friable soil.

 

General References

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. (burrow, as Dyarcyops gracilis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		05-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		15-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)