Sydney brown trapdoor spider

Sydney brown trapdoor spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Arbanitis
Species:
A. rapax
Binomial name
Arbanitis rapax
(Karsch, 1878)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Misgolas rapax Karsch, 1878
  • Misgolas hubbardi Wishart, 1992

The Sydney brown trapdoor spider (Arbanitis rapax, synonym Misgolas rapax) is a spider in the family Idiopidae, found primarily around Sydney, Australia. It is usually shy and retiring and is often confused with the Sydney funnel-web spider, which is one of the most venomous spiders in the world.

  1. ^ a b "Taxon details Arbanitis rapax (Karsch, 1878)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-11-12