Gaius villosus

Gaius villosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Idiopidae
Genus:	Gaius
Species:	G. villosus
Binomial name
	Gaius villosus; Rainbow, 1914[1]
Synonyms[1]
	Anidiops villosus (Rainbow, 1914) ;

Gaius villosus is a species of spider in the family Idiopidae (armored trapdoor spiders) found in Western Australia in a variety of different habitats.[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 – at the time it was the sole species in the genus,[3] although others have been added since.[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

"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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[WSC_g4224-1] "Gen. Gaius Rainbow, 1914", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-05-16

[TTSA-2] "Threatened Trapdoor Spiders of the Avon" (PDF). Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management. p. 8. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[3] 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.

[No16-4] 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.