Atracidae Hogg, 1901

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: originally as Atraceae, Atracinae were transferred from the Hexathelidae and elavated to family level by Hedin et al., 2018: 4 and confirmed by Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: f. 5; the re-including as Atracinae into the Hexathelidae by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 6 is not accepted here (see note at Hexathelidae).

In synonymy:

Anepsiada Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 = Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 (Gray, 1988: 117)

Euctimena Rainbow, 1914 = Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (Musgrave, 1927: 33)

Grayaraneaus Hoser, 2017 = Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 (Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14)

Poikilomorphia Rainbow, 1914 = Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (Gray, 1978: 125)

Pseudatrax Rainbow, 1914 = Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 (Gray, 1988: 117)

Shireenaranea Hoser, 2017 = Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 (Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14)

Styphlopis Rainbow, 1913 = Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 (Gray, 1988: 117)

Swilearanea Hoser, 2017 = Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 (Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14)

Wongaraneaus Hoser, 2017 = Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 (Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14)

Gen. Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00013
type Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877; gender masculine
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 255 and to the Atracidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4; considered a senior synonym of Euctimena Rainbow, 1914a: 248 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05560] (type E. tibialis Rainbow, 1914 = Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) by Musgrave, 1927: 33; considered a senior synonym of Poikilomorphia Rainbow, 1914a: 264 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04871] (type P. montana Rainbow, 1914) by Gray, 1978: 125, but not of Styphlopis Rainbow, 1913, Pseudatrax Rainbow, 1914 or Anepsiada Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 (Gray, 1988: 115, contra Gray, 1978: 125 and Raven, 1980a: 255), see Hadronyche.

Transferred to other genera:

Atrax adelaidensis Gray, 1984 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax bicolor (Rainbow, 1914) -- see Hadronyche

Atrax eyrei Gray, 1984 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax flindersi Gray, 1984 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax formidabilis Rainbow, 1914 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax infensus Hickman, 1964 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax modestus Simon, 1891 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax pulvinator Hickman, 1927 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax validus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax venenatus Hickman, 1927 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax ventricosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) -- see Hadronyche

Atrax versutus Rainbow, 1914 -- see Hadronyche

In synonymy:

Atrax tibialis (Rainbow, 1914, T from Euctimena) = Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (Musgrave, 1927: 34)

Atrax christenseni Dupérré & Smith, 2025 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063540
Atrax christenseni Dupérré & Smith in Loria et al., 2025: 19, f. 5C, F, 14A-D, 15A-E, 16A-E, 17G-H, 18E-F (Dmf) Original description
Atrax montanus (Rainbow, 1914) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054712
Poikilomorphia montana Rainbow, 1914a: 265, f. 71-72 (Df) Original description
Poikilomorpha montana Roewer, 1942a: 202 (lapsus)
Atrax montanus Loria et al., 2025: 14, f. 5B, E, 10A-D, 11A-D, 12A-E, 13A-E, 17B, D, F, 18C-D (Dm, f, removed from S of Atrax robustus, rejecting Gray, 1988: 114)
Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000146
Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877c: 27, pl. 6, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Atrax robustus Hogg, 1901: 273, f. 39 (Df)
Euctimena tibialis Rainbow, 1914a: 249, f. 58-60 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054713]
Atrax robustus Musgrave, 1927: 34 (S of Euctimena tibialis)
Atrax robustus Main, 1964: 40, f. A-F (m)
Atrax robustus Nishikawa, 1976b: 179, f. 1-4 (m)
Atrax robustus Gray, 1984: 441, pl. 7
Atrax robustus Gray, 1988: 114 (S of Poikilomorphia montana; revalidated by Loria et al., 2025: 14)
Atrax robustus Gray, 2010: 299, f. 1A, C, 4A-H, 5A-G, 6A-K (mf; figs. belong in part to Atrax montanus per Loria et al., 2025: 14)
Atrax robustus Loria et al., 2025: 6, f. 1A-B, 2D, 5A, D, 6A-D, 7A-F, 8A-E, 9A-E, 17 A, C, E, 18A-B (mf)
Atrax sutherlandi Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043784
Atrax sutherlandi Gray, 2010: 304, f. 12A-G, 13A-G, 14A-K (Dmf) Original description
Atrax yorkmainorum Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043783
Atrax yorkmainorum Gray, 2010: 302, f. 8A-G, 9A-G, 10A-K (Dmf) Original description
Gen. Hadronyche L. Koch, 1873 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00015
type Hadronyche cerberea L. Koch, 1873; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Dipluridae to the Hexathelidae by Raven, 1980a: 255 and to the Atracidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4; considered a senior synonym of Styphlopis Rainbow, 1913: 5 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04874] (type S. insularis Rainbow, 1913), Pseudatrax Rainbow, 1914a: 260 (type P. moreaui Rainbow, 1914) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04873] and Anepsiada Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 167 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04872] (type A. ventricosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 = Hadronyche valida (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)) by Gray, 1988: 117 (revalidation of Anepsiada by Hoser, 2017: 56 is rejected by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14); considered a senior synonym of Swilearanea Hoser, 2017: 55 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06412] (type Atrax infensus Hickman, 1964), Shireenaranea Hoser, 2017: 55 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06413] (type Atrax adelaidensis Gray, 1984), Grayaraneaus Hoser, 2017: 56 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06414] (type Hadronyche anzses Raven, 2000) and Wongaraneaus Hoser, 2017: 56 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06415] (type Atrax modestus Simon, 1891, described as subgenus of Hadronyche) by Raven & Douglas, 2025: 14 ("are not considered valid"); Hoser, 2017 did not note any material he examined and just copied text parts from Gray, 2010, which had the consequence that his taxa at generic level were not accepted by the WSC; not a synonym of Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 after Main, 1985b: 42 (contra Raven, 1980a: 255).

In synonymy:

Hadronyche bicolor (Rainbow, 1914, T from Atrax) = Hadronyche versuta (Rainbow, 1914) (Gray, 1988: 114)

Hadronyche moreaui (Rainbow, 1914, T from Pseudatrax) = Hadronyche versuta (Rainbow, 1914) (Gray, 1988: 114)

Hadronyche ventricosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) = Hadronyche valida (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) (Main, 1985b: 42, sub Atrax)

Nomina dubia:

Hadronyche hirsuta Rainbow, 1920a: 83, f. 8 (f, Papua New Guinea) -- Gray, 2010: 292

Hadronyche insularis (Rainbow, 1913: 6, f. 2-4, f, Solomon Is., originally in Styphlopis) -- Gray, 2010: 292

Hadronyche adelaidensis (Gray, 1984) | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000151
Atrax adelaidensis Gray, 1984: 442, f. 1-11, pl. 5 (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche adelaidensis Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche adelaidensis Gray, 2010: 386, f. 106A-G, 107A-G (mf)
Hadronyche alpina Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043787
Hadronyche alpina Gray, 2010: 326, f. 34A-G, 35A-G, 36A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche annachristiae Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043802
Hadronyche annachristiae Gray, 2010: 381, f. 3G-H, 99A-G, 100A-G (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche anzses Raven, 2000 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037425
Hadronyche anzses Raven, 2000b: 226, f. 1A-G, 2A-C, 3A-C (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche cerberea L. Koch, 1873 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000152
Hadronyche cerberea L. Koch, 1873: 463, pl. 35, f. 6 (Df) Original description
Hadronyche cerberea Karsch, 1878c: 798 (Dm)
Hadronyche cerberea Gray, 2010: 312, f. 20A-H, 21A-H, 22A-K (mf)
Hadronyche emmalizae Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043786
Hadronyche emmalizae Gray, 2010: 319, f. 27A-G, 28A-G, 29A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche eyrei (Gray, 1984) | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000153
Atrax eyrei Gray, 1984: 444, f. 12-19 (Df) Original description
Hadronyche eyrei Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche eyrei Gray, 2010: 387, f. 108A-G (f)
Hadronyche flindersi (Gray, 1984) | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000154
Atrax flindersi Gray, 1984: 446, f. 20-30, pl. 1-4, 6 (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche flindersi Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche flindersi Gray, 2010: 385, f. 103A-G, 104A-G (mf)
Hadronyche formidabilis (Rainbow, 1914) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000155
Atrax formidabilis Rainbow, 1914a: 255, f. 63-66 (Dm) Original description
Atrax formidabilis Main, 1964: 40, f. G-I (m)
Hadronyche formidabilis Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche formidabilis Gray, 2010: 322, f. 1F, 30A-G, 31A-H, 32A-K (m, Df)
Hadronyche infensa (Hickman, 1964) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000157
Atrax infensus Hickman, 1964: 108, f. 1-4, pls. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche infensa Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche infensa Gray, 2010: 355, f. 3A, E-F, 68A-G, 69A-H, 70A-K (mf)
Hadronyche jensenae Gray, 2010 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043793
Hadronyche jensenae Gray, 2010: 351, f. 64A-G, 65A-K (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche kaputarensis Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043796
Hadronyche kaputarensis Gray, 2010: 367, f. 82A-G (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche lamingtonensis Gray, 2010 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043801
Hadronyche lamingtonensis Gray, 2010: 379, f. 97A-H, 98A-E (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche levittgreggae Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043799
Hadronyche levittgreggae Gray, 2010: 374, f. 91A-G, 92A-G, 93A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche lynabrae Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043795
Hadronyche lynabrae Gray, 2010: 364, f. 79A-G, 80A-G, 81A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche macquariensis Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043797
Hadronyche macquariensis Gray, 2010: 368, f. 84A-g, 85A-G, 86A-J (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche marracoonda Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043788
Hadronyche marracoonda Gray, 2010: 332, f. 41A-G, 42A-G, 43A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche mascordi Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043791
Hadronyche mascordi Gray, 2010: 339, f. 50A-G, 51A-G, 52A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche meridiana Hogg, 1902 | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039450
Hadronyche cerberea Hogg, 1901: 274, f. 40 (m; misidentified per Hogg, 1902: 122)
Hadronyche meridiana Hogg, 1902: 122 (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche meridiana Gray, 2010: 348, f. 60A-G, 61A-G, 62A-K (m, Df)
Hadronyche modesta (Simon, 1891) | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000159
Atrax modesta Simon, 1891e: 302 (Df) Original description
Hadronyche modesta Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche modesta Gray, 2010: 346, f. 57A-G, 58A-G, 59A-K (f, Dm)
Hadronyche monaro Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043790
Hadronyche monaro Gray, 2010: 337, f. 47A-G, 48A-K (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche monteithi Gray, 2010 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043803
Hadronyche monteithi Gray, 2010: 383, f. 102A-H (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche nadgee Whitington & Harris, 2021 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053571
Hadronyche nadgee Whitington & Harris, 2021: 116, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-E, 4A-D, 5A-H (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche nimoola Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043792
Hadronyche nimoola Gray, 2010: 342, f. 3C, 53A-G, 54A-G, 55A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche orana Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043794
Hadronyche orana Gray, 2010: 358, f. 72A-G, 73A-G, 74A-K (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche pulvinator (Hickman, 1927) | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000160
Atrax pulvinator Hickman, 1927: 70, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Hadronyche pulvinator Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche pulvinator Gray, 2010: 354, f. 66A-G (f)
Hadronyche raveni Gray, 2010 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043800
Hadronyche raveni Gray, 2010: 378, f. 94A-H, 95A-D (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche simonfearni Raven & Douglas, 2025 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065303
Hadronyche simonfearni Raven & Douglas, 2025: 7, f. 1a-c, 2a-d, 3a-e, 4-5 (Dmf) Original description
Hadronyche tambo Gray, 2010 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043789
Hadronyche tambo Gray, 2010: 335, f. 3I, 45A-G, 46A-K (Dm) Original description
Hadronyche valida (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000161
Atrax valida Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 165, pl. 24, f. 119 (Df) Original description
Anepsiada ventricosa Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 167, pl. 24, f. 120 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061953]
Anepiada ventricosa Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 364 (lapsus)
Atrax valida Main, 1985b: 41 (S of Atrax ventricosa; possibly incorrect per Gray, 2010: 377)
Hadronyche valida Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche valida Gray, 2010: 361, f. 75A-G, 76A-G, 77A-K (mf)
Hadronyche venenata (Hickman, 1927) | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000162
Atrax venenatus Hickman, 1927: 63, f. 8-11, pl. 6 (Dmf) Original description
Atrax venenatus Hickman, 1967: 20, f. 25-28 (m)
Hadronyche venenata Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax)
Hadronyche venenata Gray, 2010: 329, f. 38A-G, 39A-G, 40A-K (mf)
Hadronyche venenata Raven & Douglas, 2025: 10, f. 3f-g (m)
Hadronyche versuta (Rainbow, 1914) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000163
Atrax versuta Rainbow, 1914a: 253, f. 61-62 (Df) Original description
Aname bicolor Rainbow, 1914a: 233, f. 45-47 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061951]
Pseudatrax moreaui Rainbow, 1914a: 261, f. 67-70 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061952]
Atrax bicolor Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918: 139 (T from Aname)
Atrax bicolor Hickman, 1964: 107 (T from Aname confirmed)
Atrax versuta Gray, 1984: 441, pl. 8
Hadronyche versuta Gray, 1988: 114 (T from Atrax, S of Atrax bicolor and Pseudatrax moreaui)
Hadronyche versuta Gray, 2010: 316, f. 1B, 3D, 23A-F, 24A-G, 25A-K (f, Dm)
Hadronyche walkeri Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043798
Hadronyche walkeri Gray, 2010: 371, f. 87A-G, 88A-G, 89A-K (Dmf) Original description
Gen. Illawarra Gray, 2010 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03995
type Illawarra wisharti Gray, 2010; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Hexathelidae to the Atracidae by Hedin et al., 2018: 4.
Illawarra wisharti Gray, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043785
Illawarra wisharti Gray, 2010: 308, f. 3B, 16A-I, 17A-I, 18A-K (Dmf) Original description

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