''Arbanitis wayorum'' is a species of armoured trap-door

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to

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. It was first described by Wishart in 2006 as ''Misgolas wayorum'', 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 ...

,'' by Michael Rix and others in 2017. The species epithet honours the Way family from

Yowie Bay Yowie Bay is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Yowie Bay is located 24 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Yowie Bay takes its na ...

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