''Arbanitis michaeli'' is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to New South Wales. It was first described by Graham Wishart in 2006 as ''Misgolas michaeli'', but was transferred 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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and others in 2017. The species epithet, ''michaeli'', honours the Australian arachnologist, Michael Gray.

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michaeli Spiders described in 2006 Spiders of Australia Arthropods of New South Wales {{Idiopidae-stub