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Liphistius dawei

Liphistius dawei is a species of trapdoor spider native to Myanmar. The species name refers to the type locality of this species which is the Dawei State of Myanmar.

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Liphistius dawei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mesothelae
Family: Liphistiidae
Genus: Liphistius
Species:
L. dawei
Binomial name
Liphistius dawei
Sivayyapram & Warrit, 2024

Liphistius dawei is a species of trapdoor spider native to Myanmar.1 The species name refers to the type locality of this species which is the Dawei State of Myanmar.2

Males have a carapace that is uniformly brown with black stripe along the margins. The chelicerae are a pale color while the palp and legs are more of a pale brown color.2

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References

  1. Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  2. Sivayyapram, Varat; Kunsete, Chawakorn; Xu, Xin; Smith, Deborah R.; Traiyasut, Prapun; Deowanish, Sureerat; Aung, Mu Mu; Ono, Hirotsugu; Li, Daiqin; Warrit, Natapot (2024-01-16). "Seven new species of the segmented spider genus Liphistius (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) in Thailand and Myanmar". ZooKeys (1189): 203–229. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1189..203S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1189.115850. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10836218. PMID 38314109.