Atrax

Gray, Michael R., 2010, A Revision of the Australian Funnel-web Spiders (Hexathelidae: Atracinae), Records of the Australian Museum 62 (3), pp. 285-392 : 295

Genus Atrax —Key to species

1 Palpal tibia with 4–11 spines, dorsal spines present ...................................................... A. robustus

—— Palpal tibia with few or no spines (0–4), dorsal spines absent ...................................................... 2

2 Embolus long and slender, strongly curved; base strongly offset from tegulum ( Fig. 10B ) ...................................................................................... A. yorkmainorum

—— Embolus relatively shorter, wider and more weakly curved ( Fig. 14B ) .......................................................................................................................... A. sutherlandi

Figures

Figure 10. Atrax yorkmainorum, male (A,D–K, AMS KS13592; B,C, AMS KS1034): (A) palp, prolateral; (B) bulb; (C) embolus, distal; (D,E) distal patella and tibia I—D, ventral, E, prolateral; (F,G) metatarsus I—F, ventral, G, prolateral; (H,I) distal patella and tibia II—H, ventral, I, prolateral; (J,K) metatarsus II—J, ventral, K, prolateral. Scale lines: 0.3 mm, except A,F,K 0.2 mm and B 1.0 mm.

Figure 14. Atrax sutherlandi, male (A,D–K, AMS KS1102; B,C, AMS KS1075): (A) palp, prolateral; (B) bulb; (C) embolus, distal;