Biology:Namirea montislewisi
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Short description: Species of spider
| Namirea montislewisi | |
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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: | Euagridae |
| Genus: | Namirea |
| Species: | N. montislewisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Namirea montislewisi Raven, 1984[1]
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Namirea montislewisi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Euagridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1984 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. The specific epithet montislewisi refers to the type locality.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in Far North Queensland, including the environs of Cairns, in closed forest habitats. The type locality is Mount Lewis.[1][2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct tubular webs beneath rocks and logs and in the ground.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Raven, RJ (1984). "Systematics of the Australian curtain-web spiders (Ischnotheline: Dipluridae: Chelicerata)". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 93: 1–102 [61]. doi:10.1071/ajzs093.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Namirea montislewisi Raven, 1984". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022-08-05. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/89e256dd-32e6-446f-a49b-d6ebf10ac196.
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