Hadronyche pulvinator

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Hadronyche pulvinator
Extinct  (TSP) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Atracidae
Genus: Hadronyche
Species:
†H. pulvinator
Binomial name
†Hadronyche pulvinator
(Hickman, 1927) [2]
Synonyms
  • Atrax pulvinatorHickman, 1927

Hadronyche pulvinator, also known as the Cascade funnel-web spider, is a species of funnel-web spider in the Atracidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1927 by Australian arachnologist Vernon Victor Hickman. [2] [3]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurred in south-east Tasmania; it is now presumed to be extinct under Tasmania's Threatened Species Protection Act 1995. It is known only from the female holotype specimen collected in 1926 from the type locality of Cascades, now a western suburb of Hobart, in the foothills of Mount Wellington. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cascade Funnel-Web Spider". Conservation. Dept of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  2. 1 2 Hickman, VV (1927). "Studies in Tasmanian spiders. Pt 1". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1926: 52–86 [70–72].
  3. 1 2 "Species Hadronyche pulvinator (Hickman, 1927)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  4. ↑ Gray, MR (2010). "A Revision of the Australian Funnel-web Spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 62 (2 & 3): 285–392 [354–355]. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556 .


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