Species Hadronyche infensa (Hickman, 1964)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		27-Jul-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)