Australian funnel-web spider

Australian funnel-web spider
Victorian funnel-web spider (Hadronyche modesta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Atracidae
Hogg, 1901
Genera
Diversity
3 genera, 36 species

Atracidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, commonly known as Australian funnel-web spiders or atracids. It has been included as a subfamily of the Hexathelidae, but is now recognised as a separate family.[1] All members of the family are native to Australia.[1][2] Atracidae consists of three genera: Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra, comprising 35 species.[1] Some members of the family produce venom that is dangerous to humans, and bites by spiders of six of the species have caused severe injuries to victims. The bites of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) and northern tree-dwelling funnel-web spider (Hadronyche formidabilis) are potentially deadly, but no fatalities have occurred since the introduction of modern first-aid techniques and antivenom.[3]

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  2. ^ Gray, Michael R. (24 November 2010). "A revision of the Australian funnel-web spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 62 (3): 285–392. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556. ISSN 0067-1975.
  3. ^ "Funnel-web Spiders". Australian Museum. Sydney. Retrieved 24 January 2012.