Megadolomedes australianus
| Megadolomedes australianus | |
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| Female from Chatswood, New South Wales | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dolomedidae |
| Genus: | Megadolomedes |
| Species: | M. australianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Megadolomedes australianus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Megadolomedes australianus is a species of spider endemic to Australia in the family Dolomedidae. It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1865.[2]
Description
Females have a total body length of around 31.9 mm (1.26 in).[3] Where their distribution overlaps with the closely related Megadolomedes trux, they can be distinguished by examination of the palpal tibia in males and the epigyne in females.
Distribution
M. australianus is known only from New South Wales, from the Nepean River to Wollongong.[3]
References
- ^ a b World Spider Catalog. "Megadolomedes australianus (L. Koch, 1865)". World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Bern, Switzerland: Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Koch, Ludwig (1865). "Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriopoden". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 857–892. Retrieved 13 January 2025 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b Raven, R. J.; Hebron, W. (2018). "A review of the Water spider family Pisauridae in Australia and New Caledonia with descriptions of four new genera and 23 new species". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 60: 233–381. doi:10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2018.2017-06. ISSN 0079-8835. Retrieved 13 January 2025.