Prethopalpus attenboroughi

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Prethopalpus attenboroughi, or Attenborough's goblin spider, is a tiny spider named after Sir David Attenborough, that is found only on Horn Island off northern Queensland in Australia. The millimeter-long spider was described in 2012 by Dr Barbara Baehr of the Queensland Museum and Professor Mark Harvey of the Western Australian Museum.{{cite news|title=Australian spider named after Sir David Attenborough|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19125484|accessdate=4 August 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=4 August 2012}}

The male type specimen was collected in 1986; the female is unknown.{{cite journal|first1=B. C. |last1=Baehr |first2=M. S. |last2=Harvey |first3=M. |last3=Burger |first4=M. |last4=Thoma |title=The New Australasian Goblin Spider Genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae) |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |date=2012 |issue=369 |pages=1-113 |doi=10.1206/763.1 |hdl=2246/6185|hdl-access=free }}