Plesiothele fentoni
Plesiothele fentoni
Family Hexathelidae
Endangered — TAS: Endangered
About
Plesiothele is a monotypic genus of Australian funnel-web spiders containing the single species, Plesiothele fentoni, also known as Lake Fenton trapdoor spider. The genus was first described by Robert John Raven in 1978, and has only been found in Tasmania, Australia. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Hexathelidae in 1980.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Mount Field National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 1932) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Mount Field National Park — Tasmania hikes