Hadronyche pulvinator, also known as the Cascade 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.[1][2]

Hadronyche pulvinator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Atracidae
Genus: Hadronyche
Species:
H. pulvinator
Binomial name
Hadronyche pulvinator
(Hickman, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Atrax pulvinator Hickman, 1927

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurred in south-east Tasmania; it is now presumed to be extinct under Tasmania's Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.[3] It is known only from the female holotype specimen collected in 1926 from the type locality of Cascades, now a western suburb of Hobart, in the foothills of Mount Wellington.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hickman, VV (1927). "Studies in Tasmanian spiders. Pt 1". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1926: 52–86 [70–72].
  2. ^ a b "Species Hadronyche pulvinator (Hickman, 1927)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ "Cascade Funnel-Web Spider". Conservation. Dept of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  4. ^ Gray, MR (2010). "A Revision of the Australian Funnel-web Spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 62 (2 & 3): 285–392 [354–355]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1556.