The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)

The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)

Abstract The Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. Originally described in 1877 from a single specimen collected in “New Holland”, this spider has a complex taxonomic h...

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Main Authors: Stephanie F. Loria, Svea-Celina Frank, Nadine Dupérré, Helen M. Smith, Braxton Jones, Bruno A. Buzatto, Danilo Harms
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-01-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Antivenoms
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Mygalomorph spiders
Systematics
Taxonomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02332-0
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