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Chenistonia maculata

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Chenistonia maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Chenistonia
Species:
C. maculata
Binomial name
Chenistonia maculata
Hogg, 1901[1]

Chenistonia maculata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in Victoria. The type locality is Mount Macedon, north of Melbourne. It is also found in the Grampians Range in the west of the state.[2]

Behaviour

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The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They shelter in burrows beneath logs.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hogg, HR (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 218–279 [262].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Chenistonia maculata Hogg, 1901". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-26.