''Cethegus fugax'' is a species of mygalomorph spider in the

Euagridae ''Euagridae'' is a family of mygalomorph spiders. The group was first described as a tribe in 1979 by Robert Raven, who in 1985 elevated it to a subfamily. In 2020, Optova et al. elevated it further to a family. Genera , the World Spider Catalog ...

family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1908 by French arachnologist

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in South Australia and Western Australia, in low woodland and open forest habitats, on sandy and

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ly soils. The

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is Lion Mill (now Mount Helena, a suburb of Perth).

Behaviour

The spiders are

fossorial A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, and bees. Prehistoric eviden ...

, terrestrial predators. They construct sheet webs against rocks, logs and stumps.

References

fugax Spiders of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Arthropods of South Australia Arthropods of Western Australia Spiders described in 1908 Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Euagridae-stub