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title: "Flattened Bark Spider"
description: "Hemicloea rogenhoferi — Insectos y arañas. Hemicloea rogenhoferi, also known as the flattened bark spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Trochanteriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/flattened-bark-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Flattened Bark Spider

> Hemicloea rogenhoferi — Insectos y arañas. Hemicloea rogenhoferi, also known as the flattened bark spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Trochanteriidae.

- Scientific name: *Hemicloea rogenhoferi*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 828
- Wikidata: [Q2229327](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2229327)
- iNaturalist taxon: [390373](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/390373)

## Names

- en: Flattened Bark Spider

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (417), AU (22)

## Summary

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. It is also naturalised in New Zealand where it has established at sites throughout the North Island and South Island.
Hemicloea rogenhoferi is a moderately large spider with a distinctively flattened body for squeezing into narrow spaces under bark.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicloea_rogenhoferi

## Photo

![Flattened Bark Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flattened-bark-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102862156

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flattened-bark-spider?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).