Biology:Tungari kenwayae
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Short description: Species of spider
| Tungari kenwayae | |
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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: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Tungari |
| Species: | T. kenwayae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tungari kenwayae Raven, 1994[1]
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Tungari kenwayae is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. The specific epithet kenwayae honours Marina Kenway, whose interest in spiders yielded the holotype.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland in rainforest habitats. The type locality is King Park Station in the Iron Range. It has also been recorded from Lamond Hill, near Lockhart River.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35 (2): 291–706 [565]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007387#page/1/mode/1up. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Species Tungari kenwayae Raven, 1994". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e23d2b30-baa4-4cdd-995a-2d2d0903d8ac.
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