Namea flavomaculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Anamidae |
Genus: | Namea |
Species: | N. flavomaculata |
Binomial name | |
Namea flavomaculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) | |
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Namea flavomaculata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the subtropical rainforested Scenic Rim border ranges between south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales in closed forest habitats. The type locality is Tamborine Mountain.
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.
References
- ^ Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 . doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
- ^ "Species Namea flavomaculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Namea flavomaculata |
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