Tartarus murdochensis

Tartarus murdochensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Stiphidiidae
Genus:	Tartarus
Species:	T. murdochensis
Binomial name
Tartarus murdochensis Gray, 1922
Holotype site (AM KS18430 ♀): Phyllistine Flattener Cave (6N194), Hampton Tableland, Nullarbor Plain, WA [1]

Tartarus murdochensis is a cave spider from Western Australia, in the family Stiphidiidae . ^{[2] [3]} The spider was first described in 1992 by Mike Gray. ^[3]

Name

The species epithet, murdochensis, refers to it being found in the Murdoch Sink, a submerged cave system in the Nullarbor Plain of Western and Southern Australia. ^[3]

Conservation status

In Western Australia, the species is listed as vulnerable. ^{[4] [1]}

References

1. "Occurrence Detail 1100101991 (Holotype of Tartarus murdochensis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
2. "Species Tartarus murdochensis Gray, 1992". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
3. Michael R. Gray (1992). "The troglobitic spider genus Tartarus Gray with a cladistic analysis of Tartarus and Baiami Lehtinen (Araneae: Stiphidiidae)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 113: 168. ISSN   0370-047X. Wikidata   Q123745775.
4. Atlas of Living Australia. "Species: Tartarus murdochensis (Murdoch Sink Cave Spider)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-12-11.