Biology:Namirea planipes
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Short description: Species of spider
| Namirea planipes | |
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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. planipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Namirea planipes Raven, 1984[1]
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Namirea planipes 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-eastern Queensland, including the McPherson and adjacent ranges, in open and closed forest habitats. The type locality is Rochedale State Forest, south of Brisbane.[1][2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct curtain webs over crevices in rotting 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 [52]. doi:10.1071/ajzs093.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Namirea planipes Raven, 1984". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022-08-05. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/14b357fe-18be-4a51-a632-d86516b81144.
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