Habronestes
| Habronestes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Habronestes L. Koch, 1872 |
| Species | |
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| 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
- Habronestes australiensis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) (Australia)
- Habronestes bicornis Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes bradleyi (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) (Australia)
- Habronestes calamitosus Jocqué, 1995 (Queensland)
- Habronestes driscolli Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes giganteus Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes grahami Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
- Habronestes grayi Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes grimwadei (Dunn, 1951) (Australia)
- Habronestes hamatus Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes hebroni Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes helenae Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes hunti Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes jocquei Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes longiconductor Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes macedonensis (Hogg, 1900) (New South Wales, Victoria)
- Habronestes minor Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes monocornis Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes piccolo Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes pictus (L. Koch, 1865) (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
- Habronestes pseudoaustraliensis Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes raveni Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes rawlinsoni Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes striatipes L. Koch, 1872 (Queensland)
- Habronestes toddi (Hickman, 1944) (Northern Territory)
- Habronestes ungari Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes weelahensis Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
- Habronestes wilkiei Baehr, 2003 (New South Wales)
References
- ^ Cosmos Online: Stuck for a gift idea? Try a spider. (2006-08-01)