Biology:Xamiatus rubrifrons
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Short description: Species of spider
| Xamiatus rubrifrons | |
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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: | Microstigmatidae |
| Genus: | Xamiatus |
| Species: | X. rubrifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Xamiatus rubrifrons Raven, 1981[1]
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Xamiatus rubrifrons, also known as the red-jawed bearded wishbone spider,[2] is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Microstigmatidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1981 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.[1][3]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-east Queensland in the Conondale and D'Aguilar Ranges. The type locality is closed forest near Booloumba Creek in the Conondale Range.[1][3]
Behaviour
The spiders are terrestrial predators.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Raven, RJ (1981). "A review of the Australian genera of the mygalomorph spider subfamily Diplurinae (Dipluridae, Chelicerata)". Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 321–363 [344].
- ↑ "Red-jawed Bearded Wishbone Spider". 2023. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/831771-Xamiatus-rubrifrons.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Species Xamiatus rubrifrons Raven, 1981". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022-08-05. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a00ef4db-6674-4824-bf1d-d93d13fa6fdb.
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