''Arbanitis weigelorum'' 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

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

. It was first described by Wishart and Rowell in 2008 as ''Misgolas weigelorum'', 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 John & Robyn Weigel, proprietors of the

Australian Reptile Park The Australian Reptile Park is located at Somersby on the Central Coast, New South Wales in Australia. It is about north of Sydney, and is just off the M1 Pacific Motorway. The Park has one of the largest reptile collections in Australia, w ...

, a source of many spiders for the Australian Museum. The species has been found in/near

Gosford Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast region, about north of Sydney and about south of Newcastle. The city centre is situated at the northern extre ...

, N.S.W, and none of its burrows had been found at the time it was first described.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q110307463 weigelorum Spiders described in 2008 Spiders of Australia Arthropods of New South Wales