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Species profile—Selenocosmia stirlingi

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Arachnida (arachnids) → Theraphosidae (tarantulas) → Selenocosmia stirlingi

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Arachnida (arachnids)
Family
Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
Scientific name
Selenocosmia stirlingi Hogg, 1901
Type reference
Hogg, H.R. (1901). On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1901(2): 218-279 [245] [2 June 1901].
WildNet taxon ID
29181
Synonym(s)
Selenocosmia stalkeri
Phlogius stirlingi
Alternate name(s)
Australian common whistling spider
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=29181.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022