• Hadronyche Koch, L. 1873. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(8-9) 369-472 pp. [463].

  Type species:

   Hadronyche cerberea L. Koch, 1873 by monotypy.
• Styphlopis Rainbow, W.J. 1913. Arachnida from the Solomon Islands. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 1-16 [5 fig 2].

  Type species:

   Styphlops insularis Rainbow, 1913 by monotypy.
• Pseudatrax Rainbow, W.J. 1914. Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270 [15 Aug. 1914] [260-261 fig 67].

  Type species:

   Pseudatrax moreaui Rainbow, 1914 by monotypy.
• Anepsiada Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [167].

  Type species:

   Anepsiada ventricosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 by monotypy.

Introduction

The genus Hadronyche is included in the subfamily Atracinae Hogg, along with the genera Atrax O.P.-Cambridge and Illawarra Gray. The 31 species of Hadronyche are placed into four species groups by Gray (2010): the lamingtonensis group; the adelaidensis group; the infensa group; and the cerberea group.

The species included in each group are as follows:

lamingtonensis group: H. lamingtonensis Gray, H. annachristiae Gray, H. raveni Gray, H. monteithi Gray, H. anzses Raven.

adelaidensis group: H. adelaidensis (Gray), H. flindersi (Gray), H. eyrei (Gray).

infensa group: H. infensa (Hickman), H. valida (Rainbow & Pulleine), H. orana Gray, H. lynabrae Gray, H. macquariensis Gray, H. levittgreggae Gray, H. kaputarensis Gray, H. walkeri Gray.

cerberea group: H. versuta (Rainbow), H. formidabilis (Rainbow), H. venenata (Hickman), H. cerberea L. Koch, H. modesta (Simon), H. meridiana Hogg, H. pulvinator (Hickman), H. marracoonda Gray, H. jensenae Gray, H. tambo Gray, H. monaro Gray, H. emmalizae Gray, H. alpina Gray, H. nimoola Gray, H. mascordi Gray.

Hadronyche can be distinguished from the other atracine genera by possession of a combination of: unmodified tibia II or with rounded apophysis or swelling (males only); frontally broad, moderately to strongly raised caput; and robust paturons. Some species have a long labium (not found in other atracine genera).

Most species for which habits are known are ground burrow dwellers that use trip-lines; some species make burrows in rot or borer holes in standing trees. Burrows of adult and sub-adult spiders in the adelaidensis group include a side chamber with soil door. The genus Hadronyche is found in eastern Australia from northeast Queensland to Tasmania and in the Gulf region of South Australia.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Old records from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are considered doubtful and the taxa involved are listed as nomen dubia (Gray, 2010)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Vic: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN) ; NSW, Vic: Riverina (RIV) ; Tas: Flinders (FLI)

Distribution References

General References

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]

Whitington, P. & Harris, K. 2021. A New Species of Australian Funnel-web Spider (Mygalomorphae, Atracidae, Hadronyche) Redefines the Family Atracidae. Records of the Australian Museum 73(4): 115-122 [116]

History of changes

• Atrax adelaidensis Gray, M.R. 1984. The taxonomy of the Atrax adelaidensis species-group (Macrothelinae: Mygalomorphae) with notes on burrowing behaviour. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 441-452 [442].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1979146 ♀, SA: Hackney, Adelaide [34°54'S 138°37'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA N1979145 ♂, SA: St. Peters C.G.S. Adelaide.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche adelaidensis (Gray, 1984). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mount Lofty Ranges and the Adelaide region of South Australia

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB)

General References

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] [386-387 figs 105, 106A-G, 107A-G table 33] (discussion of adelaidensis group characters and relationships)

History of changes

• Hadronyche alpina 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] [326-328 figs 33, 34A-G, 35A-G, 36A-K tables 10, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS872 ♂, NSW: Mt. Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko National Park [36°27'S 148°15'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS8730 ♀, NSW: Daner’s Gap, Kosciuszko National Park [36°21'S 148°28'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales and Brindabella Range, Australian Capital Territory

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Hadronyche annachristiae 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] [381-383 figs 3G, 99A-G, 100A-G, 101 table 30].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS5438 ♂, NSW: Kerewong State Forest, nr Lorne [31°35'S 152°33'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS1551 ♂, NSW: Kerewong State Forest, nr Taree
  Comment: additional paratype males in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details; female not known.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Kerewong and Lorne State Forests in northeastern New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC)

History of changes

• Hadronyche anzses Raven, R.J. 2000. A new species of funnel-web spider (Hadronyche, Hexathelidae, Mygalomorphae) from north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 225-230 [226-230 figs 1A-G, 2A-C, 3A-C, 4A-C table 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S18825 ♂, Qld: Mossman Bluff summit, 10 km W Mossman [16°27'S 145°17′E].
  Paratype(s) QM S18826 ♂, Qld: Mossman Bluff summit, 10 km W Mossman; QM S18859 ♂, Qld: Devils Thumb to Pauls Luck, 12 km WNW Mossman [16°25'S 145°15′E].

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche anzses Raven, 2000. —
  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] [384] (diagnosis c.f. other lamingtonensis group species)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal rim of the Carbine Tableland, west of Mossman in northeastern Queensland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

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] [384] (discussion of lamingtonensis group characters and relationships; diagnosis c.f. other lamingtonensis group species)

History of changes

• Hadronyche cerberea Koch, L. 1873. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(8-9) 369-472 pp. [463] [purported male of this species was described by Hogg in 1901 and later named H. meridiana Hogg, 1902, see Hadronyche meridiana].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM KS6873 ♂, Blackwall, near Woy Woy, New South Wales [33°30'S 151°20'E].
  Syntype(s) SMNS ♀♀ adult (destroyed), Sydney, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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] [312-313].

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche cerberea L. Koch, 1873. —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (decision to identify Koch's species with the common Sydney tree-dwelling Hadronyche species)
• Hadronyche cerberea L. Koch, 1873. —
  Karsch, F. 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften Halle 51: 323-333, 771-826 [798-799] (described male)
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (decision to identify Koch's species with the common Sydney tree-dwelling Hadronyche species)
  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] [312-316 figs 19, 20A-H, 21A-H, 22A-K tables 6, 34]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Southeastern coast and highlands in New South Wales as far north as the Hunter River

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Arboreal.

General References

Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (decision to identify Koch's species with the common Sydney tree-dwelling Hadronyche species)

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] [312-316 figs 19, 20A-H, 21A-H, 22A-K tables 6, 34] (taxonomy, morphology, discussion of cerberea group)

Karsch, F. 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften Halle 51: 323-333, 771-826 [798-799] (described male)

History of changes

• Hadronyche emmalizae 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] [319-322 figs 26, 27A-G, 28A-G, 29A-K tables 8, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS13464 ♂, NSW: Geehi Rest Area, Swampy Plains River, Kosciuszko National Park [36°22'S 148°10'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS10675 ♀, NSW: Paddy’s River Dam, Bago State Forest [35°41'S 148°09'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Bago State Forest and Khancoban-Geehi region, western side of Snowy Mountains, New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Atrax eyrei Gray, M.R. 1984. The taxonomy of the Atrax adelaidensis species-group (Macrothelinae: Mygalomorphae) with notes on burrowing behaviour. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 441-452 [444].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS4509 ♀, 6.5km south of Coulta, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia [34°23'S 135°28'E].

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche eyrei (Gray, 1984). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB)

General References

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] [387 figs 105, 108A-G] (discussion of adelaidensis group characters and relationships)

History of changes

• Atrax flindersi Gray, M.R. 1984. The taxonomy of the Atrax adelaidensis species-group (Macrothelinae: Mygalomorphae) with notes on burrowing behaviour. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 441-452 [446].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS983 ♀, Mt. Remarkable (lower slopes), 3km north of Melrose, Flinders Range, South Australia [32°47'S 138°04'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS980 ♂, locality data as holotype.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche flindersi (Gray, 1984). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)

General References

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] [385-386 figs 103A-G, 104A-G, 105 table 32] (discussion of adelaidensis group characters and relationships)

History of changes

• Atrax formidabilis Rainbow, W.J. 1914. Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270 [15 Aug. 1914] [255-258 figs 63-66].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K35282, KS1038 ♂ adult, Richmond River, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche formidabilis (Rainbow, 1914). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northeastern New South Wales, from the Hunter River, to southeastern Queensland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, open forest, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Eats coldblooded vetebrates as well as invertebrates.

General References

Gray, M.R. 1978. Venoms of Dipluridae, A. Systematics and distribution. pp. 120-126 in Bettini, S. (ed.). Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. Arthropod Venoms. Berlin : Springer Verl. Vol. 48. (taxonomy, habitat, distribution)

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] [322-326 figs 1F, 3H, 30A-G, 31A-H, 32A-K, 33 tables 9, 34] (taxonomy, morphology; description of female)

Musgrave, A. 1927. Some poisonous Australian spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 33-46 pls 2-3 [publication date established from Bonnet, P. 1961. Bibliographia Araneorum (1945–1961). Toulouse : Douadoure 3 vols] (medical)

History of changes

• Atrax infensus Hickman, V.V. 1964. On Atrax infensus sp. n. (Araneida: Dipluridae) its habits and a method of trapping the males. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 98: 107-112 [7 May 1964; text figs 1–5, pl. 1 figs 1–2, pl. 2 fig.] [108-111].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K68385, KS0953 ♂ adult, Toowoomba, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM K68386, KS0954 ♀ adult, data as holotype.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche infensa (Hickman, 1964). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Southeastern Queensland to upper northeastern New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

With extended silk lining to burrow.

General References

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] [355-358 figs 3A,E,F, 68A-G, 69A-H, 70A-K, 71 tables 20, 34] (taxonomy, morphology, discussion of infensa group)

Hickman, V.V. 1964. On Atrax infensus sp. n. (Araneida: Dipluridae) its habits and a method of trapping the males. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 98: 107-112 [7 May 1964; text figs 1–5, pl. 1 figs 1–2, pl. 2 fig.] (relationships and behaviour)

History of changes

• Hadronyche jensenae 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] [351- figs 63, 64A-G, 65A-K table 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV K11085 ♂, Vic: Woodside [38°32'S 146°53'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV K11086 ♂, data as holotype; NMV K11087 ♂, Vic: Morwell [38°14'S 146°24'E]
  Comment: female unknown.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Central Gippsland, Victoria

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Hadronyche kaputarensis 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] [367-368 figs 82A-G, 83 table 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS1378 ♂, NSW: Mount Kaputar National Park [30°11'S 150°09'E]
  Comment: female unknown.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

History of changes

• Hadronyche lamingtonensis 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] [379-381 figs 96, 97A-H, 98A-E table 29].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S394 ♂, Qld: O’Reillys, Lamington National Park [28°14'S 153°08'E].
  Paratype(s) QM S159 ♂, Qld: Palm Grove, Tamborine Mtn [27°55'S 153°10'E]; QM S166 ♂, NSW: Whian Whian State Forest, via Dunoon [28°36'S 153°22'E]
  Comment: female unknown.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Border Ranges of New South Wales and Queensland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Hadronyche levittgreggae 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] [374-377 figs 90, 91A-G, 92A-G, 93A-K tables 27, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS13528 ♂, NSW: Annangrove [33°39'S 150°56'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS1061 ♀, NSW: Annangrove [33°39'S 150°56'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Hawkesbury River area, northwest of Sydney, New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Hadronyche lynabrae 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] [364-367 figs 78, 79A-G, 80A-G, 81A-K tables 23, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS8379 ♂, NSW: Wollombi near Maitland [32°40'S 151°04'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS13463 ♀, NSW: Mill Creek, Dharug National Park [33°21'S 151°05'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Hawkesbury River region to the southeastern foothills of the Barrington Tops massif, New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Hadronyche macquariensis 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] [368-371 figs 1C (1E in caption), 83, 84A-G, 85A-G, 86A-J tables 25, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS1315 ♂, NSW: Taree [31°54'S 152°27'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS1165 ♀, NSW: Port Macquarie [31°25'S 152°55'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Northeastern New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Hadronyche marracoonda 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] [332-335 figs 41A-G, 42A-G, 43A-K 44 tables 12, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS892 ♂, NSW: Wagga Wagga Teachers College, Wagga Wagga [35°06'S 147°22'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS10831 ♀, Bigga [34°04'S 149°09'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Western Great Dividing Range from the level of Sydney south to near the Victorian border

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Hadronyche mascordi 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] [339-342 figs 49, 50A-G, 51A-G, 52A-K tables 15, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS2065 ♂, NSW: Somersby, via Gosford [33°21'S 151°17'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS15749 ♀, NSW: Kariong, near Gosford [33°26'S 151°18'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Kulnura/Somersby region of the Central Coast in New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Hadronyche meridiana 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] [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1903.2.10.6 ♂ adult (holotype originally described as male of Hadronyche cerberea by Hogg (1901); later, Hogg (1902) designated the new species meridiana), Mt Macedon, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche meridiana (Hogg, 1902). —
  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] [348- figs 60A-G, 61A-G, 62A-K, 63 tables 18, 34] (description of female)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern New South Wales and northern Victoria on the western side of the Great Dividing Range. A single female recorded from the Grampian Ranges requires confirmation

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

General References

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] (taxonomy, morphology)

History of changes

• Atrax modestus Simon, E. 1891. Études arachnologiques. 23 Mém. 38. Descriptiones d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 60: 300-312 [302].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ adult, Melbourne, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche modesta (Simon, 1891). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Melbourne and Dandenong Range to eastern Gippsland, Victoria

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

General References

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] [346-348 figs 56, 57A-G, 58A-G, 59A-K tables 17, 34] (taxonomy, comparative morphology; described male)

History of changes

• Hadronyche monaro 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] [337-339 figs 47A-G, 48A-K, 49 table 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS8744 ♂, NSW: Sawpit Creek, Kosciuszko National Park [28°22'S 152°49'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS6647 ♂, NSW: Sawpit Creek, Kosciuszko National Park; AM KS1571 ♂, NSW: Braemer Caravan Park, Lake Eucumbene [35°58'S 148°39'E]
  Comment: female unknown.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Snowy Mountains in the Eucumbene/Jindabyne region of New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA)

History of changes

• Hadronyche monteithi 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] [383-384 figs 101, 102A-H, table 31].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S181 ♂, Qld: The Head, via Killarney [28°20'S 152°18'E]
  Comment: female unknown.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Border Ranges in Killarney region, southeastern Queensland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

History of changes

• Hadronyche nadgee Whitington, P. & Harris, K. 2021. A New Species of Australian Funnel-web Spider (Mygalomorphae, Atracidae, Hadronyche) Redefines the Family Atracidae. Records of the Australian Museum 73(4): 115-122 [116, Figs 1–5].
  Zoobank Registration Number:71E46225-1221-490B-A415-53E7C98C4661

  Type data:

   Holotype AMS KS.131058 ♂, Wonboyn, NSW [37°14'38"S 149°54'11"E].
  Paratype(s) numerous ♂, Wonboyn, NSW [37°14'38"S 149°54'11"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

• Hadronyche nimoola 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] [342-345 figs 3C, 53A-G, 54A-G, 55A-K, 56 tables 16, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS867 ♂, NSW: Batemans Bay [35°43'S 150°13'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS4664 ♀, NSW: Bundanoon [34°39'S 150°18'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Southeastern New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Hadronyche orana 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] [358-361 figs 71, 72A-G, 73A-G, 74A-K tables 21, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS7811 ♂, NSW: Mt. Deba near Coolah [31°52'S 149°39'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS1071 ♀ (non-existent specimen KS2071 is referenced as the described female; this is the first listed female paratype), NSW: “Hill Top” near Hargraves [32°44'S 149°27'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Western slopes of the Great Dividing Range from the Warrumbungles Range south to the Mudgee region, New South Wales

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS)

History of changes

• Atrax pulvinator Hickman, V.V. 1927. Studies in Tasmanian spiders. Pt 1. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1926: 52-86 [24 Feb. 1927] [70-72 fig 12 pl. VII].

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM 1957/13/20 ♀ adult Type 17 (Gray (2010) records the registration no. as 1957-15-20), The Cascades, Hobart, TAS.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche pulvinator (Hickman, 1927). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

General References

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] [354-355 figs 66A-G, 67]

Hickman, V.V. 1927. Studies in Tasmanian spiders. Pt 1. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1926: 52-86 [24 Feb. 1927] (biology, burrow, eggs)

History of changes

• Hadronyche raveni 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] [378-379 figs 94A-H, 95A-D, 96 table 28].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S161 ♂, Qld: Bouloumba Creek, Conondale Range [26°31'S 152°39'E].
  Paratype(s) QM S179, S180 ♂♂, data as holotype
  Comment: female unknown.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Conondale Range in southeastern Queensland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Hadronyche tambo 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] [335-337 figs 44, 45A-G, 46A-K table 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS8341 ♂, Vic: 10km north of Bairnsdale [37°49'S 147°37'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS10595 ♂, Vic: 3km NW of Bairnsdale
  Comment: additional paratype males in AM, Sydney and NMV, Melbourne; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Bairnsdale/Buchan region of Gippsland, eastern Victoria

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

• Atrax valida Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [165].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40961, KS955 ♀ adult, Tamborine Mtn, QLD.
  Paratype(s) SAMA N198165 ♂ ♀ adult (in same tube, no locality); AM K41452, KS956 3♀ adult; AM K40963, KS958 ♀ adult; AM K40964, KS959 ♀ adult; AM K41457, KS957 2♀ adult
  Comment: the existence of several specimens, including juveniles, is mentioned by Rainbow and Pulleine (1918), but no male is discussed. Gray (2010) does not list the SAMA male and female listed here (information from Main, 1985).
• Anepsiada ventricosa Rainbow, W.J. & Pulleine, R.H. 1918. Australian trap-door spiders. Records of the Australian Museum 12: 81-169 [24 Dec. 1918] [167-168 fig 120 (pl. 14)] [NB Gray (2010:377-378) reports that re-examination of the type female suggests that it may be misplaced here and its status should be reviewed when females belonging to the lamingtonensis group are known].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K40965 ♀ adult, Cloncurry, QLD; incorrect (published) record, emended to Tamborine Mtn (according to old register data) by M.R. Gray.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gray, M.R. 1984. The taxonomy of the Atrax adelaidensis species-group (Macrothelinae: Mygalomorphae) with notes on burrowing behaviour. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 441-452 [441] (inferred synonymy of Anepsiada ventricosa as juvenile of Atrax validus prior to accepted synonomy)
• Gray, M.R. cited in Main, B.Y. 1985. Mygalomorphae. 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. [42] (probably Anepsiada ventricosa Rainbow & Pulleine synonymous with Atrax validus; Cloncurry locality for Anepsiada, is in error)

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche valida (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)
• Atrax validus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918. —
  Gray, M.R. 1984. The taxonomy of the Atrax adelaidensis species-group (Macrothelinae: Mygalomorphae) with notes on burrowing behaviour. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 441-452 [441] (inferred synonymy of Anepsiada ventricosa as juvenile of Atrax validus prior to accepted synonomy)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Border Ranges of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Burrower often under logs, silk expansion from burrow, predator of vertebrates as well as invertebrates.

General References

Gray, M.R. 1978. Venoms of Dipluridae, A. Systematics and distribution. pp. 120-126 in Bettini, S. (ed.). Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. Arthropod Venoms. Berlin : Springer Verl. Vol. 48. (biology)

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] [361-364 figs 75A-G, 76A-G, 77A-K, 78 tables 22, 34] (taxonomy, morphology)

Main, B.Y. 1982. Some zoogeographic considerations of families of spiders occurring in New Guinea. pp. 583-602 in Gressitt, J.L (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague : Junk. (also states record from Papua New Guinea probably in error)

History of changes

• Atrax venenatus Hickman, V.V. 1927. Studies in Tasmanian spiders. Pt 1. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1926: 52-86 [24 Feb. 1927] [63-70 figs 8-11 plate VI].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QVM 1957/13/16 ♂ adult Type 28, New Town Creek, Hobart, TAS; QVM 1957/13/17 ♀ adult Type 29, New Town Creek, Hobart, TAS.

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche venenata (Hickman, 1927). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Tasmania

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Also found in montane areas, makes silk lined tubes.

General References

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] [329-332 figs 37, 38A-G, 39A-G, 40A-K tables 11, 34] (taxonomy, morphology)

History of changes

• Atrax versuta Rainbow, W.J. 1914. Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270 [15 Aug. 1914] [253-255 figs 61, 62].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM K12907, KS0969 two subadults, Jenolan, NSW.
• Aname bicolor Rainbow, W.J. 1914. Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270 [15 Aug. 1914] [233-235 figs 45-47].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K19077, KS6331 juv., Antonio, near Rydal, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM K18738, KS6332 juv., data as holotype.
• Pseudatrax moreaui Rainbow, W.J. 1914. Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270 [15 Aug. 1914] [261-264 figs 68-70].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K18737, KS1119 ♀ adult, Antonio, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM K34372, KS0994 ♀ adult, Narrabeen, NSW
  Comment: these may be syntypes.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (Atrax bicolor with H. versuta; Atrax moreaui with H. versuta)

Generic Combinations

• Atrax bicolor (Rainbow, 1914). —
  Hickman, V.V. 1964. On Atrax infensus sp. n. (Araneida: Dipluridae) its habits and a method of trapping the males. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 98: 107-112 [7 May 1964; text figs 1–5, pl. 1 figs 1–2, pl. 2 fig.] [107] (transferred from Aname after Rainbow & Pulleine (1918:139))
• Atrax moreaui (Rainbow, 1914). —
  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. [40] (transferred from Pseudatrax)
• Hadronyche versuta (Rainbow, 1914). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. [114] (transferred from Atrax)
  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] [316- figs 1D (1B in caption), 3D, 23A-G, 24A-G, 25A-K, 26 tables 7, 34] (description of male)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Blue Mountains to Illawarra region of New South Wales and possibly south to the Eden region

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Silk tubes.

General References

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] (taxonomy, morphology)

History of changes

• Hadronyche walkeri 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] [371-374 figs 87A-G, 88A-G, 89A-K, 90 tables 26, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S389 ♂, NSW: Devils Pinch, north of Armidale [33°09'S 150°17'E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS15750 ♀, NSW: Styx River near Jeogla [30°35'S 152°08'E]
  Comment: additional paratype males and females in AM, Sydney and QM, Brisbane; refer to Gray (2010) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Armidale region east to the Dorrigo region of New South Wales. Gray (2010) suggests specimens from the Barrington area may also belong to this species

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC)

History of changes

• Styphlopis insularis Rainbow, W.J. 1913. Arachnida from the Solomon Islands. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 1-16 [6-7 figs 3, 4] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS993 ♀ (locality probably in error), Solomon Islands.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [292 table 1] (designated as nomen dubium)

Generic Combinations

• Hadronyche insularis (Rainbow, 1913).
• Hadronyche insularis (Rainbow, 1913). —
  Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. (transferred by synonymy of Styphlopis with Hadronyche)

Introduction

The locality data of Solomon Islands is thought to be in error. Gray (2010) identified this species as part of either the infensa or cerberea species groups; both groups are only known from southeastern Australia.

General References

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] [292 table 1]

History of changes

• Hadronyche hirsuta Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Trapdoor spiders of the Chevert Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 13: 77-85 [4 Dec. 1920] [83-84 fig 8] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K41705 KS992 ♀ adult, Papua.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [292]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea, doubtful record. May have been part of an Australian collection confused as collection from Chevert expedition (see Main, 1982). Gray (2010) identified the species as part of either the infensa or cerberea species groups; both groups are only known from southeastern Australia.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

History of changes