Gaius | |
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Gaius villosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Idiopidae |
Genus: | Gaius Rainbow, 1914[1] |
Distribution of Gaius species[2] |
Gaius is a genus of large mygalomorph spiders in the family Idiopidae.[1][2] Erected in 1914 by William Joseph Rainbow,[1][3] for much of its history the genus contained only one species, Gaius villosus. More species were added in 2018. All are endemic to Western Australia.