Habronestes

Habronestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Habronestes
L. Koch, 1872
Species

See text.

Diversity
28 species

Habronestes is an ant-eating spider genus that occurs only in Australia.

Spiders in this genus are 2.5 to 10.5 mm long, with an orange or sepia brown body and yellow or pale brown legs.

H. boq is the first spider named after a sponsor (the Bank of Queensland) in a new program by the Queensland Museum.[1]

Species

References

  1. Cosmos Online: Stuck for a gift idea? Try a spider. (2006-08-01)
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