Habronestes

Habronestes

Habronestes bradleyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
50, see text.

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]

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]

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)

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