Hemicloea rogenhoferi

Hemicloea rogenhoferi, also known as the flattened bark spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Trochanteriidae. The spider is endemic to the east coast of Australia.^[2] It is also naturalised in New Zealand where it has established at sites throughout the North Island and South Island.^[3][4]

Hemicloea rogenhoferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Trochanteriidae
Genus:	Hemicloea
Species:	H. rogenhoferi
Binomial name
Hemicloea rogenhoferi L. Koch, 1875[1]
Synonyms[1]
Hemicloea plautus Urquhart, 1886 Hemicloea celerrima Dalmas, 1917 Hemicloea alacris Dalmas, 1917

Hemicloea rogenhoferi is a moderately large spider with a distinctively flattened body for squeezing into narrow spaces under bark.