Arbanitis ornatus is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to Queensland.[2]

Arbanitis ornatus
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. ornatus
Binomial name
Arbanitis ornatus
(Rainbow, 1914)
Synonyms[2]

Idioctis ornata Rainbow, 1914
Aganippe ornata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
Dyarcyops ornata (Rainbow, 1914)
Misgolas ornatus (Rainbow, 1914)[1]

It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1914 as Idioctis ornata.[2][3] In 1977, Barbara Main transferred it to the genus, Dyarcyops.[2][4] In 2017, Michael Rix and others transferred it to the genus, Arbanitis.[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ "GBIF: Arbanitis ornatus (Rainbow, 1914)".
  2. ^ a b c d e Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Arbanitis ornatus (Rainbow, 1914)". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ W. J. Rainbow (15 August 1914). "Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelarinae" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 10 (8): 187–270. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.10.1914.901. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q56196374.
  4. ^ Barbara York Main (December 1977). "Preliminary notes towards a revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Dyarcyops (Ctenizidae)". Australian Entomological Magazine. 4 (4): 69–72. ISSN 0311-1881. Wikidata Q100149725.
  5. ^ Michael G. Rix; Robert J. Raven; Barbara Y. Main; Sophie E. Harrison; Andrew D. Austin; Steven J. B. Cooper; Mark S. Harvey (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (5): 566–634. doi:10.1071/IS16065. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q56034666.