| Gaius villosus | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Gaius |
| Species: | G. villosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gaius villosus | |
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Gaius villosus is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae (armored trapdoor spiders) found in Western Australia in a variety of different habitats. [2]
Originally described in 1914 as Gaius villosus by William Joseph Rainbow, [1] [3] in 1957 it was transferred to Anidiops by Barbara Main [1] [4] (a genus no longer recognized). In 2017, it was returned to Gaius by Rix and others [1] [5] – at the time it was the sole species in the genus, [5] although others have been added since. [1]
Number 16, [6] aged approximately 43 years at death and thought to be the longest-lived spider on record, was a female of this species. [7] [8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Gen. Gaius Rainbow, 1914", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 16 May 2018
- ^ "Threatened Trapdoor Spiders of the Avon" (PDF). Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management. p. 8. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Rainbow, W. J. (15 August 1914). "Studies in Australian Araneidae. No. 6. The Terretelarinae" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 10 (8): 187–270. doi: 10.3853/J.0067-1975.10.1914.901. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q56196374.
- ^ Main, B. Y. (1957). "Biology of Aganippine trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 5 (4): 402. doi: 10.1071/ZO9570402. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99572730.
- ^ a b Rix, Michael G.; Raven, Robert J.; Main, Barbara York; Harrison, Sophie E.; Austin, Andrew D.; Cooper, Steven J.B.; Harvey, Mark S. (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. doi: 10.1071/IS16065.
- ^ Leanda Denise Mason; Grant Wardell-Johnson; Barbara York Main (2018). "The longest-lived spider: mygalomorphs dig deep, and persevere" (PDF). Pacific Conservation Biology. 24 (2): 203. doi: 10.1071/PC18015. ISSN 1038-2097. Wikidata Q56657531.
- ^ Nelson, Bryan (28 April 2018). "World's longest-lived spider died at the ripe old age of 43". MNN - Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "The extraordinary life and death of the world's oldest known spider". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 31 December 2021.