Species Moggridgea rainbowi (Pulleine, 1919)

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• Aganippe rainbowi Pulleine, R.H. 1919. A new species of Aganippe from Kangaroo Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 43: 74-76 pl. 12 [12 Dec. 1919] [74].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM 1♂ 2♀ (lost), American River, Kangaroo Is., South Australia; SAMA 2♀ (lost), American River, Kangaroo Is., South Australia.
• Moggridgea australis Main, B.Y. 1991. Occurrence of the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea in Australia with descriptions of two new species (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Migidae). Journal of Natural History 25: 383-397 [390].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA 1990266 ♀, American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 1990267 ♀, same data as holotype; SAMA 1990270 ♀, same data as holotype; SAMA 1990268 ♀, Western River Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia; SAMA 1990269 juvenile, Western River Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Harrison, S.E, Rix, M.G., Harvey, M.S. & Austin, A.D. 2015. An African mygalomorph lineage in temperate Australia: the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea (Araneae: Migidae) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Austral Entomology 55(2): 208–216 [210]

 

Generic Combinations

• Moggridgea rainbowi (Pulleine, 1919). —
  Harrison, S.E, Rix, M.G., Harvey, M.S. & Austin, A.D. 2015. An African mygalomorph lineage in temperate Australia: the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea (Araneae: Migidae) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Austral Entomology 55(2): 208–216 [210]
• Blakistonia rainbowi (Pulleine, 1919). —
  Main, B.Y. 1985. Further studies on the systematics of ctenizid trapdoor spiders: A review of the Australian genera (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 108: 1-84 [51]
  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

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

American River, Kangaroo Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, predator, supralittoral, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Banks above high tide, burrow with trapdoor.

 

General References

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. [20]

Harrison, S.E, Rix, M.G., Harvey, M.S. & Austin, A.D. 2015. An African mygalomorph lineage in temperate Australia: the trapdoor spider genus Moggridgea (Araneae: Migidae) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Austral Entomology 55(2): 208–216

Main, B.Y. 1985. Further studies on the systematics of ctenizid trapdoor spiders: A review of the Australian genera (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 108: 1-84 [51]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	MIGIDAE Simon, 1892	16-Feb-2016	MOVED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)