Gen.
Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00013 ]
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 255 and to the Atracidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4; considered a senior synonym of Euctimena Rainbow, 1914a: 248 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05560] (type E. tibialis Rainbow, 1914 = Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) by Musgrave, 1927: 33; considered a senior synonym of Poikilomorphia Rainbow, 1914a: 264 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04871] (type P. montana Rainbow, 1914 = Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) by Gray, 1978: 125, but not of Styphlopis Rainbow, 1913, Pseudatrax Rainbow, 1914 or Anepsiada Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 (Gray, 1988: 115, contra Gray, 1978: 125 and Raven, 1980a: 255), see Hadronyche.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2022-07-22
2022-07-22
Described in
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877c: 26 (type Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877; gender masculine)
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877c: 26 (type Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 3 | accepted |
| 2 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1877c). On some new genera and species of Araneidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 19(109): 26-39, pl. 6-7. doi:10.1080/00222937708682093 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-31 | Genus transferred to other family | Hedin et al., 2018a | Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 transferred to Atracidae |