Arbanitis echo is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, endemic to eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by arachnologists Robert Raven and Graham Wishart in 2006 under the name Misgolas echo. It was later transferred to the genus Arbanitis by Michael Rix and colleagues in 2017 following a revision of the Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders.
Description and Distribution
Arbanitis echo is an armoured trap-door spider, meaning it belongs to the mygalomorph group (the same infraorder as tarantulas) and constructs burrows with a silken, hinged trapdoor. It is endemic to the rainforests of southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, Australia. The species was named after its type locality at Echo Point in Lamington National Park, Queensland.
Classification
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Arbanitis |
| Species: | A. echo |
Binomial name: Arbanitis echo (Raven & Wishart, 2006)
Synonyms: Misgolas echo Raven & Wishart, 2006
References
- Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Arbanitis echo (Raven & Wishart, 2006)". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- Raven, R.J. & Wishart, G. (2006). "The trapdoor spider Arbanitis L. Koch (Idiopidae: Mygalomorphae) in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 51: 531–557.
- Rix, M.G.; Raven, R.J.; Main, B.Y.; Harrison, S.E.; Austin, A.D.; Cooper, S.J.B. & Harvey, M.S. (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae: Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (5): 566–634.
