Species Hadronyche versuta (Rainbow, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		17-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)