Cethegus broomi

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| authority = (Hogg, 1901){{cite journal| last=Hogg| first=HR| year=1901| title=On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=218–279 [270]|volume=1901 |issue=2 |doi= }}

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|Stenygrocercus broomi |Hogg, 1901}}

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Cethegus broomi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Euagridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1901 by British arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/316768ad-5011-4049-98ce-16c6e67e9036|title=Species Cethegus broomi (Hogg, 1901)|author= |date=2022-08-05|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date=2023-09-10}}

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales in open forest habitats. The type locality is Hillgrove, about 30 km east of Armidale.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct silk webs.

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