''Trittame'' is a
genus
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of
brushed trapdoor spiders first described by German
arachnologist
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Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...
in 1874. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Australia
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.
Species
the genus contained twelve species, all from
Queensland
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:
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Trittame augusteyni''
Raven
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, 1994
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Trittame bancrofti''
(Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)
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Trittame berniesmythi''
Raven, 1994
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Trittame forsteri''
Raven, 1990
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Trittame gracilis''
L. Koch, 1874 (
type
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)
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Trittame ingrami''
Raven, 1990
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Trittame kochi''
Raven, 1990
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Trittame loki''
Raven, 1990
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Trittame mccolli''
Raven, 1994
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Trittame rainbowi''
Raven, 1994
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Trittame stonieri''
Raven, 1994
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Trittame xerophila''
Raven, 1990
References
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Taxa described in 1874
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