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Venom from the male Sydney funnel-web spider (A. robustus) is used in producing the antivenom, but it appears to be effective against the venom of all species of atracids. [29] Australian funnel-web spider antivenom has also been shown, in vitro, to reverse the effects of eastern mouse spider (Missulena bradleyi) venom. [30]
The Newcastle funnel-web spider (Atrax christenseni) is a species of venomous mygalomorph funnel-web spider of the family Atracidae, native to an area north of Newcastle in Australia. [2] Large male specimens have led to the nickname Newcastle big boys .
Female Sydney funnel-web spider in a warning posture. Octavius Pickard-Cambridge was the first to describe the Sydney funnel-web spider, from a female specimen housed in the British Museum in 1877. Establishing the genus Atrax, he named it Atrax robustus. [4] The species name is derived from the Latin robustus, "strong/sturdy/mature". [5]
A funnel-web spider of the family Agelenidae sitting in its funnel-shaped web. Agelena labyrinthica female in web. Funnel-web spider refers to many different species of spider, particularly those that spin a web in the shape of a funnel: spiders in the family Agelenidae, including Hololena curta; funnel-web tarantulas (suborder Mygalomorphae):
Atrax is a genus of venomous Australian funnel web spiders that was first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1877 from the type species Atrax robustus. [3] [4] It contains five species. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Hexathelidae in 1980, [5] then to the Australian funnel-web spiders in 2018. [6]
Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...
Hadronyche venenata, also known as the Tasmanian funnel-web spider, is a species of funnel-web spider in the Atracidae family. It is endemic to Australia . It was described in 1927 by Australian arachnologist Vernon Victor Hickman .
A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. An Australian zoo has found its ...