Trittame loki 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 loki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Trittame
Species:
T. loki
Binomial name
Trittame loki
Raven, 1990[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in north-east Queensland in rainforest habitats from Cape Tribulation, Mount Windsor, Mount Hartley near Wujal Wujal and Crystal Cascades near Cairns, to the Paluma Range and Garradunga.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Raven, RJ (1990). "A revision of the Australian spider genus Trittame Koch (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) and a new related genus". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 4 (1): 21–54 [39]. doi:10.1071/IT9900021.
  2. ^ "Species Trittame loki Raven, 1990". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  3. ^ Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [556]. Retrieved 2023-07-17.