Namea flavomaculata

Namea flavomaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Namea
Species:
N. flavomaculata
Binomial name
Namea flavomaculata
(Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Aname flavomaculata Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Namea flavomaculata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the subtropical rainforested Scenic Rim border ranges between south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales in closed forest habitats. The type locality is Tamborine Mountain.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [146]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
  2. 1 2 3 "Species Namea flavomaculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-23.