Teranodes montanus

Teranodes montanus is a species of funnel-web spider in the Hexathelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1927 by Australian arachnologist Vernon Victor Hickman.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Tasmania and Victoria, in closed forest habitats. The type locality is the Higgs Track, Great Western Tiers, near Chudleigh, Tasmania.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators that build silk-lined burrows beneath rocks and rotten logs.