Trittame bancrofti is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.[1][2]

Trittame bancrofti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Trittame
Species:
T. bancrofti
Binomial name
Trittame bancrofti
Synonyms
  • Aganippe bancrofti Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918

Distribution and habitat edit

The species occurs in south-eastern Queensland. The type locality is Eidsvold.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [95]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
  2. ^ a b "Species Trittame bancrofti (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.