Genus Blakistonia Hogg, 1902

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Genus Blakistonia Hogg, 1902

Blakistonia Hogg, H.R. 1902. On some additions to the Australian spiders of the sub-order Mygalomorphae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 121-142 [3 June 1902] [131 pl 13].
Type species:
Blakistonia aurea Hogg, 1902 by original designation.
Cantuarides Strand, E. 1907. Aviculariidae und Atypidae des Kgl. Naturalien-kabinetts in Stuttgart. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemburg 63: 1-100 [8].
Type species:
Cantuarides exsiccatus Strand, 1907 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. [20]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Nandewar (NAN) ; Qld, SA: Channel Country (CHC) ; SA: Finke (FIN), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Ranges (CR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs

General 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): 1-76 [13]

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
15-Oct-2020	IDIOPIDAE Simon, 1889	11-Dec-2018	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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