Habronestes
Genus of spiders
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Habronestes is a genus of ant spiders, known for their combination of myrmecomorphy and myrmecophagy. It contains 50 species, all found only in Australia.[1] It was first described by Ludwig Koch in 1872, and has since been revised by Barbara Baehr in 2003.[2][3]
| Habronestes | |
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| Habronestes bradleyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Habronestes L. Koch, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Habronestes striatipes L. Koch, 1872 | |
| Species | |
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50, see text. | |
Spiders in this genus are 2.5 to 10.5 mm long, with an orange or sepia brown body and yellow or pale brown legs.[3] True to their name, they are often found associated with ants.[4]
H. boq is the first spider named after a sponsor (the Bank of Queensland) in a new program by the Queensland Museum.[5]
Species
As of November 2024[update] it contains 50 species:
- H. archiei Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. australiensis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) — Australia
- H. bicornis Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. bispinosus Baehr & Raven, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
- H. boq Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. boutinae Baehr & Raven, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
- H. bradleyi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) — Australia
- H. braemar Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. calamitosus Jocqué, 1995 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. clausoni Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. dickmani Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. diocesegrafton Baehr, 2008 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. driesseni Baehr & Raven, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
- H. driscolli Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. drummond Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. epping Baehr & Raven, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
- H. gallowayi Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. gayndah Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. giganteus Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. grahami Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
- H. grayi Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. grimwadei (Dunn, 1951) — Australia
- H. gumbardo Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. hamatus Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. hebronae Baehr, 2003 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. helenae Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. hickmani Baehr & Raven, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
- H. hooperi Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland)
- H. hunti Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. jankae Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. jocquei Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. longiconductor Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. macedonensis (Hogg, 1900) — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
- H. minor Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. monocornis Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. piccolo Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. pictus (L. Koch, 1865) — Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
- H. powelli Baehr, 2008 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. pseudoaustraliensis Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. raveni Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
- H. rawlinsonae Baehr, 2003 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. striatipes L. Koch, 1872 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
- H. tasmaniensis Baehr & Raven, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
- H. thaleri Baehr & Raven, 2009 — Australia (Tasmania)
- H. tillmani Baehr, 2008 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. toddi (Hickman, 1944) — Australia (Northern Territory)
- H. ulrichi Baehr, 2008 — Australia (New South Wales)
- H. ungari Baehr, 2003 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. weelahensis Baehr, 2003 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. wilkiei Baehr, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)