Welsh Orb-weaver Hortophora walesiana (Karsch, 1878)
Fauna Portal species: 154
Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2021): Males of H. walesiana are most similar to those of H. lodicula due to the comparatively short median apophysis of the pedipalp that terminates in an apically pointing lobe. However, the terminal apophysis of H. walesiana is large and bubble-shaped, but inconspicuous in H. lodicula . The strong, curved lateral borders of the epigyne of female of H. walesiana are somewhat similar to those of H. porongurup.
Linnean Type
Holotype male, New South Wales (no exact locality), Daemel, Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (ZMB 1429).
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Similar Species
Publications
(2021): Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australian garden orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics. 5: 275 - 334