Taxon details
Atrax montanus (Rainbow, 1914)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2025-01-13
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054712]
- Distribution: Australia (New South Wales)
- Holotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia; f (KS.1039) (Loria et al., 2025)
Poikilomorpha montana Roewer, 1942a: 202 (lapsus).
Atrax montanus Loria et al., 2025: 14, f. 5B, E, 10A-D, 11A-D, 12A-E, 13A-E, 17B, D, F, 18C-D (Dm, f, removed from S of Atrax robustus, rejecting Gray, 1988: 114).
Loria, S. F., Frank, S.-C., Dupérré, N., Smith, H. M., Jones, B., Buzatto, B. A. & Harms, D. (2025). The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus). BMC Ecology and Evolution 25(7): 1-27. doi:10.1186/s12862-024-02332-0 
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Rainbow, W. J. (1914a). Studies in the Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270. -- Show included taxa
Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy, Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-13 | Taxonomic reference added from other taxon | n/a (Old value) | |
| 2025-01-13 | Taxonomic reference added from other taxon | n/a (Old value) | |
| 2025-01-13 | New taxonomic reference entry | Loria et al., 2025 | n/a |
| 2025-01-13 | First description of male | Loria et al., 2025 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2025-01-13 | Species updated | Loria et al., 2025 | Removed synonymy (Old value) |