Species Blakistonia aurea Hogg, 1902

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blakistonia aurea 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] [132].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ 4♀ adult (and SAMA probably, but presumed lost), Adelaide, SA ( syntype) and Blakiston and Mt Lofty Ranges, SA ( syntypes).
• Aganippe villosa Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [96].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40851, KS6156 ♀ adult., Bridgewater, SA.
• Cantuarides exsiccatus 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 data:

   Syntype(s) SMNS 4♀ adult (lost), central Australia.

 

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]

 

Generic Combinations

• Blakistonia exsiccatus (Strand, 1907). —
  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, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

In the Lofty Ranges and eastward, N into Flinders Ranges as far as Wilpena Pound, northern part Eyre Peninsula(?).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Creek banks and clay pans, burrow in heavy clay soil, inset thick soil door with long hinge-line.

 

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 [20, Figs 5A–L, 6A–I]

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. (natural history, door)

Main, B.Y. 1981. Eco-evolutionary radiation of Mygalomorph spiders in Australia. pp. 853-872 in Keast, A. (ed.). Ecological Biogeography of Australia. The Hague : Dr. W. Junk. (distribution, habitat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	IDIOPIDAE Simon, 1889	13-Dec-2018	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	MYGALOMORPHAE Pocock, 1892	26-Mar-2018	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)