Synothele meadhunteri is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. The specific epithet meadhunteri honours Derek Mead-Hunter, collector and contributor of specimens to the Western Australian Museum.[1][2]
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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. meadhunteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Synothele meadhunteri | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia and the Far North region of South Australia. The type locality is Queen Victoria Spring, about 200 km east of Kalgoorlie in the Great Victoria Desert. It has also been recorded from the Olympic Dam mine site at Roxby Downs.[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 [529]. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ a b "Species Synothele meadhunteri Raven, 1994". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-16.