Hemicloea rogenhoferi
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| Hemicloea rogenhoferi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trochanteriidae |
| Genus: | Hemicloea |
| Species: | H. rogenhoferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemicloea rogenhoferi | |
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Hemicloea rogenhoferi, also known as the flattened bark spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Trochanteriidae. The spider is endemic to the east coast of Australia.[2] It is also naturalised in New Zealand where it has established at sites throughout the North Island and South Island.[3][4]
Hemicloea rogenhoferi is a moderately large spider with a distinctively flattened body for squeezing into narrow spaces under bark.