Species Cethegus lugubris Thorell, 1881
- Cethegus lugubris Thorell, T. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 17: 1-727 [241].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCG ♀ adult juv. ♂ immature, Somerset, Cape York, QLD;
Status unknown, MCG.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Tip of Cape York.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, open forest, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Walking, tubular webs.
General References
Main, B.Y. 1960. The genus Cethegus Thorell (Mygalomorphae: Macrothelinae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 43: 30-34 (tentatively identified specimens from Macpherson Ranges and inland WA as C. lugubris; the inland WA specimens are of an undescribed species; those from Macpherson Ranges identified by Raven (1984) op. cit. as Namirea planipes Raven, 1984)
Raven, R.J. 1984. Systematics of the Australian Curtain-web spiders (Ischnothelinae: Dipluridae: Chelicerata). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 93: 1-102 (habitat, webs)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |