Common Swift Spider Nyssus coloripes Walckenaer, 1805
Fauna Portal species: 176
Nyssus coloripes male, dorsal (HBI N28460-50; Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4222Diagnosis
(after Raven 2015): . Males and females are unusual in Nyssus in that there is no distal constriction on femora III, IV and differ from N. jaredwardeni in the paired patches of white or yellow feathery hairs on the abdomen. Further females are unusual in the very large and almost contiguous copulatory orifices and males in that the embolus tip is relatively longer and extends closer to the cymbial tip.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
(after Raven 2015): Type of Nyssus coloripes not found in MNHN, ZMH, ZMB, BMNH. Queensland: neotype of Nyssus coloripes, ♂, Sunday Creek Conservation Area, Mt Cotton, 27.598°S, 153.247°E, 40 m, open forest, pitfall, 8–11 Feb 2010, C. Burwell, A. Nakamura, QM S88291.
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- New Zealand
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2015): A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa. 3958: 1 - 258