''Arbanitis melancholicus'' is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to New South Wales. It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow and

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in 1918 as ''Dyarcyops melancholicus.'' However, in 1985 Barbara Main placed it in synonymy with ''Misgolas rapax'' In 2006, Wishart recognised it once more as a separate species and it became ''Misgolas melancholicus.'' This was reconfirmed by Wishart in 2011''.'' In 2017

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and others returned it to the genus, ''

Arbanitis ''Arbanitis'' is a genus of Australian armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1874. Species it contains sixty-one species: *'' A. andrewsi'' ( Hogg, 1902) – Australia (South Australia) *'' A. baehr ...

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* melancholicus Spiders described in 1918 Spiders of Australia Arthropods of New South Wales Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow {{Idiopidae-stub