Arbanitis maculosus
Species of spider
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Arbanitis maculosus is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae,[1] and is endemic to New South Wales.[2]
| Arbanitis maculosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Arbanitis |
| Species: | A. maculosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arbanitis maculosus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Misgolas maculosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) | |
It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine in 1918 as Dyarcyops maculosus,[1][3] but was transferred to the genus, Misgolas, in 2006 by Wishart[1][4] and then in 2017 Michael Rix and others transferred it to the genus, Arbanitis.[1][5]