Illawarra wisharti
| Illawarra wisharti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Atracidae |
| Genus: | Illawarra Gray, 2010 |
| Species: | I. wisharti
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| Binomial name | |
| Illawarra wisharti Gray, 2010
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Illawarra wisharti, the Illawarra funnel-web spider, is a species of Australian funnel-web spiders. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Illawarra. The genus and species were first described by Michael R. Gray in 2010. It has only been found in the Illawarra region of southern New South Wales. The generic name comes from the Illawarra region where the spider was found. The species name wisharti honours Graeme Wishart, who collected many mygalomorph spiders in that region.