Gaius villosus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Gaius Rainbow, 1914 |
| Species: | G. villosus
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| Gaius villosus Rainbow, 1914
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Gaius villosus is a species of armored trapdoor spider found in Western Australia in a variety of different habitats. It is the only species in the genus Gaius.[1][2]
Originally described in 1914 as Gaius villosus, in 1957, it was transferred to Anidiops (a genus no longer recognized). In 2017, it was returned to Gaius,[3] of which it is the sole species.[1]
Number 16, aged approximately 43 years at death and thought to be the longest-lived spider on record, was a female of this species.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Gaius Rainbow, 1914", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-05-16
- ^ "Threatened Trapdoor Spiders of the Avon" (PDF). Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management. p. 8. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Rix, Michael G.; Raven, Robert J.; Main, Barbara York; Harrison, Sophie E.; Austin, Andrew D.; Cooper, Steven J.B.; Harvey, Mark S. (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae : Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. doi:10.1071/IS16065.
- ^ Nelson, Bryan (28 April 2018). "World's longest-lived spider died at the ripe old age of 43". MNN - Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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