Hadronyche eyrei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Atracidae |
Genus: | Hadronyche |
Species: | H. eyrei
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Binomial name | |
Hadronyche eyrei | |
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Hadronyche eyrei, also known as the Eyre Peninsula funnel-web spider, is a species of funnel-web spider in the Atracidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1984 by Australian arachnologist Michael R. Gray.[1][2]
The carapace is a glossy brownish-black in colour, the back and sides of the abdomen a dark maroon-brown with a paler underside. There are four pairs of pale markings on the upper and lateral surfaces. The venom contains excitatory neurotoxins.[3]
The species occurs in the southern Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia. The type locality is 6.5 km south of Coulta.[2] The spiders are found in open forest and woodland habitats.[3]
The spiders construct burrows, without surface triplines, in or beneath leaf litter. The burrows contain a side chamber and have an entrance with a soil door in a collapsible silk collar.[3]