Species Atrax christenseni Dupérré & Smith, 2025
- Atrax christenseni Loria, S.F., Frank, S-C., Dupérré, N., Smith, H.M., Jones, B., Buzzatto, B.A. & Harms, D. 2025. The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus). BMC Ecology and Evolution 25(7): 1-27 [19].Zoobank Registration Number:54DF0756-7CE4-49A1-B43A-ED1E6C3037AF
Type data:
Holotype AMS KS.131644 ♂, Newcastle area, NSW.
Paratype(s) AMS KS.131645 ♀ (allotype), same data as holotype; AMS KS.131046, KS.131646 ♂, ♀, same data as holotype; ZMH A0012979, A0012991, A0012998, A0013020, A0013013, A00024111 5 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Atrax robustus O.P.-Cambridge, 1877 [misidentification, in part]. —
Gray, M.R. 2010. A Revision of the Australian Funnel-web Spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae). Records of the Australian Museum 62(2 & 3): 285-392 [Date published 24 November 2010] [299, 301] (misidentification, in part)
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Newcastle region of NSW
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATRACIDAE Hogg, 1901 | 12-Mar-2025 | ADDED |