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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Trittame
Species:
T. gracilis
Binomial name
Trittame gracilis
L.Koch, 1874[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The 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

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The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Koch, L (1874). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Vol.1. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. pp. 473–576 [482].
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.