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Hadronyche Cerberea
''Hadronyche cerberea'', the southern tree-dwelling funnel-web spider, is a venomous Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spider found in central New South Wales, Australia. Taxonomy and naming German naturalist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Ludwig Koch described the southern tree-dwelling funnel-web spider from a female spider collected in Sydney, and erected the genus ''Hadronyche'' in 1873. The Type (biology), type specimen was housed at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart and destroyed during bombing in World War II. A Type (biology)#neotype, neotype was subsequently selected in 2010 and is housed at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Description The southern tree-dwelling funnel-web spider has a glossy black carapace, matte black or dark brown chelicerae and legs, and a light maroon-brown to dark brown abdomen. Distribution and habitat The southern tree-dwelling funnel-web spider is found in eastern Australia from the Hunter River (New South Wales), Hunter River in central Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science. From 1850, he practiced as a physician in the Wöhrd district of Nuremberg. He is considered among the four most influential scientists on insects and spiders in the second half of the 19th century. He wrote numerous works on the arachinoids of Europe, Siberia, and Australia. His work earned him worldwide reputation as "Spider Koch". Sometimes confused with his father Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857), another famous arachnologist, his name is abbreviated L.Koch on species descriptions; his father's name is abbreviated C.L.Koch Pierre Bonnet. ''Bibliographia araneorum,'' (1945) Les frères Doularoude (Toulouse). Works ''Die Arachniden Australiens'' (1871-1883), his major work on Australian spiders, was completed by Euge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
