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Habronestes
Sign in to saveHabronestes is a genus of ant spiders, known for their combination of myrmecomorphy and myrmecophagy. It contains 50 species, all found only in Australia. It was first described by Ludwig Koch in 1872, and has since been revised by Barbara Baehr in 2003.
Species
Nine-dotted Ground Spider
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyZodariidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,097
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Zodariidae
- Collections
- MCZ, NMV, AM, QM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Zodariidae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Habronestes
- topic's main category
- Category:Habronestes
- endemic to
- Australia
- taxon author citation
- L. Koch, 1872
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Habronestes is a genus of ant spiders, known for their combination of myrmecomorphy and myrmecophagy. It contains 50 species, all found only in Australia. It was first described by Ludwig Koch in 1872, and has since been revised by Barbara Baehr in 2003.
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. True to their name, they are often found associated with ants.
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