Arbanitis montanus
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| Arbanitis montanus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Arbanitis |
| Species: | A. montanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arbanitis montanus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Misgolas montanus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) | |
Arbanitis montanus is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae,[1] and is endemic to New South Wales.[2]
It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine in 1918 as Arbanitis montanus.[1][3] However, in 1977 Barbara Main placed it in synonymy with Dyarcyops fuscipes[2][4] and in 1985 in synonymy with Misgolas rapax.[2][5] In 2008, Wishart and Rowell recognised it once more as a separate species and it became Misgolas montanus.[2][6] This was reconfirmed by Wishart in 2011.[2][7] In 2017 Michael Rix and others returned it to the genus, Arbanitis.[1][2][8]