Arbanitis weigelorum

Arbanitis weigelorum is a species of armoured trap-door spider in the family Idiopidae, and is endemic to New South Wales.^[1]

Arbanitis weigelorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Arbanitis
Species:	A. weigelorum
Binomial name
Arbanitis weigelorum (Wishart & Rowell 2008)
Synonyms[1]
Misgolas weigelorum Wishart & Rowell, 2008

It was first described by Wishart and Rowell in 2008 as Misgolas weigelorum,^[1][2] but was transferred to the genus, Arbanitis, by Michael Rix and others in 2017.^[1][3] The species epithet honours John & Robyn Weigel, proprietors of the Australian Reptile Park, a source of many spiders for the Australian Museum.^[2]

The species has been found in/near Gosford, N.S.W, and none of its burrows had been found at the time it was first described.^[2]