Synothele harveyi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologists Tracey Churchill and Robert Raven. The specific epithet harveyi honours Mark Harvey, Curator of Arachnids at the Western Australian Museum.[1][2]
| Synothele harveyi | |
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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: | Synothele |
| Species: | S. harveyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Synothele harveyi | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia in marri and jarrah woodland on lateritic soils. The type locality is Mount Cooke, south-east of Perth on the Darling Scarp.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [514]. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ a b "Species Synothele harveyi Raven, 1994". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-16.