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

Distribution and habitat

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The 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

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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: 21–54 [32].
  2. ^ "Species Trittame forsteri 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 [554]. Retrieved 2023-07-17.