CORINNIDAE - ANT-MIMIC SPIDERS

FACT FILE - 317

Family

Corinnidae

Species

Battalus byrneae
Raven, 2015

Body Length

Female: 8.5mm
Male: 7.8mm

Habitat

Eucalyptus forest. Leaf litter.

Toxicity

Not known.

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3171

Male. Photo: ©TMAG.
Photographed at Neck Game Reserve, Bruny Island

3172

Male: Photo: ©TMAG.
Photographed at Neck Game Reserve, Bruny Island

3173

Female. Photographed at Waddamana.
Named in honour of Dr Catherine Byrne, moth taxonomist and Senior Curator, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.