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Conothele

Two specimens, one of the spider from Cape York, with below, a dug out burrow from Kimberley WA. ♀ 16 mm ♂ unknown

• Cape York specimen
• Burrow, Home Valley Kimberley

Cape York specimen

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The saddle can be seen clearly in female's third pair of legs. Robert Whyte

Burrow, Home Valley Kimberley

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Unlike most other mygalomorphs Conothele disposes of waste food outside the burrow. Robert Whyte