Mandjelia_humphreysi

<i>Mandjelia humphreysi</i>

Mandjelia humphreysi

Species of spider

Mandjelia humphreysi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologists Robert Raven and Tracey Churchill. The specific epithet humphreysi honours Dr Bill Humphreys, Curator of Ecology and Biogeography at the Western Australian Museum, for his contributions to arachnology in Western Australia.[1][2]

Quick Facts Mandjelia humphreysi, Scientific classification ...

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-east Western Australia in gimlet woodland. The type locality is Woodline, near Kalgoorlie.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [367]. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  2. [2]
    "Species Mandjelia humphreysi Raven & Churchill, 1994". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-01.


This Barychelidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Mandjelia_humphreysi, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.