Namea flavomaculata
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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: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Namea |
| Species: | N. flavomaculata
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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.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]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.[2][1]
Behaviour
[edit]The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c "Species Namea flavomaculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-23.