Species Arbanitis robertsi (Main & Mascord, 1974)
- Dyarcyops robertsi Main, B.Y. & Mascord, R. 1974. Description and natural history of a "tube-building" species of Dyarcyops from New South Wales and Queensland (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N.S.W. 8: 15-21 [31 Jan. 1974] [17].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS12 ♀ adult, Minnamurra Falls, Kiama, NSW [34°37'S 150°44'E].
Paratype(s) AM KS13 ♀ adult; AM KS16 ♂ adult; AM KS22371 ♂, Scalloway, Willow Vale, Gerringong, NSW [34°44'11"S 150°47'23"E]; AM KS22399 ♂, Mt. Terry nr Albion Park, NSW [34°35'55"S 150°46'57"E].
Generic Combinations
- Misgolas robertsi (Main & Mascord, 1974). —
Main, B.Y. 1985. Further studies on the systematics of ctenizid trapdoor spiders: A review of the Australian genera (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 108: 1-84 [33, 34, 53, 57] - Arbanitis robertsi (Main & Mascord, 1974).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Mountainous areas only from Minnamurra Falls, NSW to about Yarraman, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, fossorial, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Burrow with aerial tubes up to about 30 cm.
General References
Main, B.Y. 1985. Mygalomorphae. pp. 1-48 in Walton. D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service 183 pp. [25]
Wishart, G. 1992. New species of the trapdoor spider genus Misgolas Karsch (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) with a review of the tube-building species. Records of the Australian Museum 44: 263-278 [271-273]
Wishart, G. 2011. Trapdoor Spiders of the Genus Misgolas (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) in the Illawarra and South Coast Regions of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 63: 33-51 [39-40]
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