Biology:Chenistonia maculata
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Short description: Species of spider
| Chenistonia maculata | |
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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: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Chenistonia |
| Species: | C. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Chenistonia maculata Hogg, 1901[1]
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Chenistonia maculata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia . It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in Victoria. The type locality is Mount Macedon, north of Melbourne. It is also found in the Grampians Range in the west of the state.[2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They shelter in burrows beneath logs.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hogg, HR (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 (2): 218–279 [262].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Chenistonia maculata Hogg, 1901". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2bee1c72-0a2a-4005-9f47-eeb20748534e.
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