Genus Illawarra Gray, 2010
- Illawarra 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] [308].
Type species:
Illawarra wisharti Gray, 2010 by original designation.
Introduction
The monotypic genus Illawarra is included in the subfamily Atracinae Hogg, along with the genera Hadronyche L. Koch and Atrax O.P-Cambridge. The single species is found in the Illawarra region of New South Wales.
Illawarra can be distinguished from other atracine genera by possession of a combination of: tibia II unmodified (males only); tarsi I and II with a complete mid-ventral spine row in addition to lateral rows (males only); robust, aspinose leg I, with metatarsus partially fused to the tarsus, and enlarged tarsal claws (females only); frontally narrow, weakly raised caput; relatively weak cheliceral paturons; short, basal central cheliceral tooth row; and short labium.
Burrows are in the litter layer or under rocks, the silk lining is weak or absent, and entrances lack trip-lines. Spiders are reported to have an ‘ant-like’ smell.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
IBRA
Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
History of changes
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