Namea salanitri

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| authority = Raven, 1984{{cite journal |last1= Raven |first1= RJ |last2= |first2= | date=1984 |title= A new diplurid genus from eastern Australia and a related Aname species (Diplurinae: Dipluridae: Araneae)|url= |journal=Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series|volume=96 |issue= |pages=1–51 [42] |doi= |access-date=}}

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Namea salanitri, also known as the false funnel-web spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1984 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7d339fc7-b03b-4dec-8121-0d6079cbaf56 |title= Species Namea salanitri Raven, 1984|author= |date=2022|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 2023-05-23}}

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the subtropical border ranges between south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales in closed forest habitats. The type locality is Mount Mee.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.

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