Trittame gracilis is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1874 by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch.[1][2]
| Trittame gracilis | |
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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. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Trittame gracilis | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in the Whitsunday Region of North Queensland. Habitats include vine thickets, grassland and remnant bottle-tree scrub. The type locality is Bowen.[2][3]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b Koch, L (1874). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Vol.1. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. pp. 473–576 [482].
- ^ a b c "Species Trittame gracilis L.Koch, 1874". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ a b Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [550]. Retrieved 2023-07-17.