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Cethegus lugubris
Cethegus lugubris is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Euagridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1881 by Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell.
From the article Cethegus lugubris on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs in Far North Queensland in closed and open forest habitats. The type locality is Somerset at the northernmost tip of the Cape York Peninsula.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct tubular silk webs.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 831946.