Trittame forsteri is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1990 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.[1][2]
| Trittame forsteri | |
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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: | Trittame |
| Species: | T. forsteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Trittame forsteri | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species has been recorded in eastern Queensland from Dalrymple Heights, near Eungella in the Mackay Region; Round Hill Head near Seventeen Seventy in the Gladstone Region; to the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in the Bunya Mountains. Habitats include rainforests and vine thickets.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Raven, RJ (1990). "A revision of the Australian spider genus Trittame Koch (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) and a new related genus". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 4: 21–54 [32].
- ^ "Species Trittame forsteri Raven, 1990". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [554]. Retrieved 2023-07-17.