| Trittame gracilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Trittame |
| Species: | T. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Trittame gracilis L.Koch, 1874 | |
Trittame gracilis is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1874 by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in the Whitsunday Region of North Queensland. Habitats include vine thickets, grassland and remnant bottle-tree scrub. The type locality is Bowen.
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.
References
- ^ Koch, L (1874). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Vol.1. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. pp. 473–576 .
- ^ "Species Trittame gracilis L.Koch, 1874". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 . Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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