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Arbanitis papillosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Arbanitis
Species:	A. papillosus
Binomial name
Arbanitis papillosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)
Synonyms
Misgolas papillosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)

Arbanitis papillosus is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-east Queensland in closed forest habitats. The type locality is Tamborine Mountain, in the Scenic Rim Region.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.

References

1. ^ Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12 (7): 81–169 . doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
2. ^ "Species Arbanitis papillosus (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-22.

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• Arthropods of Queensland
• Spiders described in 1918
• Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow
• Taxa named by Robert Henry Pulleine
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