Hadronyche pulvinator
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Atracidae |
| Genus: | Hadronyche |
| Species: | †H. pulvinator |
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| †Hadronyche pulvinator | |
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Hadronyche pulvinator, also known as the Cascade funnel-web spider, is a species of funnel-web spider in the Atracidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1927 by Australian arachnologist Vernon Victor Hickman.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurred in south-east Tasmania; it is now presumed to be extinct under Tasmania's Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.[3] It is known only from the female holotype specimen collected in 1926 from the type locality of Cascades, now a western suburb of Hobart, in the foothills of Mount Wellington.[2][4]
References
- ^ a b Hickman, VV (1927). "Studies in Tasmanian spiders. Pt 1". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1926: 52–86 [70–72].
- ^ a b "Species Hadronyche pulvinator (Hickman, 1927)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Cascade Funnel-Web Spider". Conservation. Dept of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ Gray, MR (2010). "A Revision of the Australian Funnel-web Spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 62 (2 & 3): 285–392 [354–355]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556.