Biology:Namirea insularis

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Short description: Species of spider

Namirea insularis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euagridae
Genus: Namirea
Species:
N. insularis
Binomial name
Namirea insularis
Raven, 1984[1]

Namirea insularis 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.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-east Queensland in closed forest habitats. The type locality is Burleigh Heads.[1][2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]

References

  1. 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 [59]. doi:10.1071/ajzs093. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Namirea insularis Raven, 1984". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022-08-05. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ea335585-c532-400d-a4cc-c94d03d797c5. 

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