The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)

Abstract The Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. Originally described in 1877 from a single specimen collected in “New Holland”, this spider has a complex taxonomic h...

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Published in:	BMC Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Stephanie F. Loria, Svea-Celina Frank, Nadine Dupérré, Helen M. Smith, Braxton Jones, Bruno A. Buzatto, Danilo Harms
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Antivenoms Biodiversity Biogeography Mygalomorph spiders Systematics Taxonomy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02332-0