Austrarchaea clyneae is a species of spider in the family Archaeidae. It is endemic to Australia.[1] The etymology behind the species name comes from Australian naturalist and photographer Densey Clyne, who served as a great inspiration in the early life of Mark Stephen Harvey, who was responsible for finding and naming the species.[2]

Austrarchaea clyneae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Archaeidae
Genus: Austrarchaea
Species:
A. clyneae
Binomial name
Austrarchaea clyneae
Rix & Harvey, 2011

Its known habitat consists of the Australian rainforests of North-Eastern New South Wales in National Parks such as Mount Clunie National Park and Tooloom National Park.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ a b Rix, Michael; Harvey, Mark (2011-08-15). "Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae: Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia". ZooKeys (123): 1–100. Bibcode:2011ZooK..123....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.123.1448. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3175121. PMID 21998529.