Mandjelia macgregori 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 macgregori honours Sir William MacGregor (1846–1919), a former Governor of Queensland.[1][2]

Mandjelia macgregori
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Mandjelia
Species:
M. macgregori
Binomial name
Mandjelia macgregori

Distribution and habitat

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The species occurs in North Queensland on cracking black soil plains with basalt ridges. The type locality is Bluff Downs Station, 60 km north-west of Charters Towers, on the Cape York Peninsula.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [372]. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  2. ^ a b "Species Mandjelia macgregori Raven & Churchill, 1994". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-29.