Species Atrax montanus (Rainbow, 1914)
- Poikilomorpha montana Rainbow, W.J. 1914. Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelariae. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 187-270 [15 Aug. 1914] [265-267 figs 71, 72].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS1039 ♀ adult (Main (1985) gives the old catalogue number as K11956), Jamieson Valley, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Atrax montana (Rainbow, 1914). —
Main, B.Y. 1985. Mygalomorphae. pp. 1-48 in Walton. D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service 183 pp. [41] (transferred from Poikilomorpha to Atrax)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Atrax robustus O.P.-Cambridge, 1877 [misidentification, in part]. —
Gray, M.R. 1988. Aspects of the systematics of the Australian Funnel web Spiders (Araneae: Hexathelidae: Atracinae) based upon morphological and electrophoretic data. Australian Entomological Society Miscellaneous Publication 5. 113-125 pp. (misidentification, in part; placed as synonym of A. robustus)
Introduction
Removed from synonymy with A. robustus by Loria et al. (2025)
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Sydney metropolitan area but mostly to the west (Blue Mountains) and the south (Upper Nepean River, west of Dapto) of this region, NSW
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
Distribution References
General References
Loria, S.F., Frank, S-C., Dupérré, N., Smith, H.M., Jones, B., Buzzatto, B.A. & Harms, D. 2025. The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus). BMC Ecology and Evolution 25(7): 1-27 [14]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATRACIDAE Hogg, 1901 | 12-Mar-2025 | ADDED |