Tags: Arachnid.
Atracinae commonly known as Australian funnel-web spiders is a subfamily of spiders in the funnel-web spider family Hexathelidae. Atracinae consists of three genera: Atrax Hadronyche and Illawarra. The subfamily includes species with medically significant venom six species of which have severely envenomed human victims. The bite of Atrax robustus is potentially deadly but there have been no fatalities since the introduction of modern first aid techniques and antivenom.
