Atracidae Hogg, 1901

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: originally as Atraceae, transferred from the Hexathelidae and elavated to family level by Hedin et al., 2018: 4.

In synonymy:

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

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

Gen. Atrax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00013
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 = Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) 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 modesta Simon, 1891 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax pulvinator Hickman, 1927 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax validus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 -- see Hadronyche

Atrax venenatus Hickman, 1927 -- see Hadronyche

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

Atrax versutus Rainbow, 1914 -- see Hadronyche

In synonymy:

Atrax montanus (Rainbow, 1914) = Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (Gray, 1988: 114)

Atrax tibialis (Rainbow, 1914) = Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (Gray, 1988: 114, after Musgrave, 1927: 34)

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]
Poikilomorphia montana Rainbow, 1914a: 265, f. 71-72 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054712]
Poikilomorpha montana Roewer, 1942a: 202 (lapsus)
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 Euctimena tibialis and Poikilomorphia montana)
Atrax robustus Gray, 2010: 299, f. 1A, C, 4A-H, 5A-G, 6A-K (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

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