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Cethegus pallipes
Cethegus pallipes is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Euagridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1984 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.
From the article Cethegus pallipes on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs in Far North Queensland in closed forest habitats on the Cape York Peninsula. The type locality is Mount Cook, Cooktown.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct curtain-like silk webs beneath rocks, in tree buttresses and under bark.
== 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 831948.