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Arbanitis thompsonae

species of spider

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 27, 2023
Entity authorityQ110307549 ↗
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Arbanitis thompsonae is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to New South Wales.

It was first described by Wishart and Rowell in 2008 as Misgolas thompsonae, but was transferred to the genus, Arbanitis, by Michael Rix and others in 2017.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Arbanitis thompsonae” as species of spider. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Arbanitis, thompsonae and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of spider. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 27, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q110307549. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008 and 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arbanitis thompsonae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.