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Blakistonia plata

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Blakistonia plata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Blakistonia
Species:
B. plata
Binomial name
Blakistonia plata

Blakistonia plata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2018 by Australian arachnologists Sophie Harrison, Michael Rix, Mark Harvey and Andrew Austin. The specific epithet plata, Latin for "silver’’, alludes to the type locality by reference to the local silver mining industry.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in south-east Queensland. The type locality is Texas, near Goondiwindi in the Darling Downs region, where the holotype was found in a tree clearing.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Harrison, SE; Rix, MG; Harvey, MS; Austin, AD (2018). "Systematics of the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Blakistonia Hogg (Araneae: Idiopidae)". Zootaxa. 4518 (1): 1–76 [59]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4518.1.1. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. ^ a b "Species Blakistonia plata Harrison, Rix, Harvey & Austin, 2018". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-25.