Blakistonia is a genus of Australian armoured trapdoor spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902.[3]
Species
As of May 2019 it contains twenty species:[1]
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Blakistonia aurea Hogg, 1902 (type) – Australia (South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales)
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Blakistonia bassi Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia bella Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia birksi Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria)
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Blakistonia carnarvon Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Queensland)
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Blakistonia emmottorum Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Queensland)
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Blakistonia gemmelli Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia hortoni Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia mainae Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Blakistonia maryae Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia newtoni Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia nullarborensis Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Blakistonia olea Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Blakistonia parva Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia pidax Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia plata Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Queensland)
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Blakistonia raveni Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Queensland)
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Blakistonia tariae Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Blakistonia tunstilli Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (South Australia)
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Blakistonia wingellina Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018 – Australia (Western Australia)
References
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^ a b c "Gen. Blakistonia Hogg, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
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^ Main, B. Y. (1985). "Further studies on the systematics of ctenizid trapdoor spiders: A review of the Australian genera (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 108 (suppl. Ser): 39.
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^ Hogg, H. R. (1902). "On some additions to the Australian spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72 (II, 1): 121–142.
