Chenistonia maculata

Chenistonia maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Anamidae
Genus:	Chenistonia
Species:	C. maculata
Binomial name
Chenistonia maculata Hogg, 1901[1]

Chenistonia maculata is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Victoria. The type locality is Mount Macedon, north of Melbourne. It is also found in the Grampians Range in the west of the state.[2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They shelter in burrows beneath logs.[2]

References

1. Hogg, HR (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 218–279 [262].
2. "Species Chenistonia maculata Hogg, 1901". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-26.