Orb-weaving Spider Hortophora lodicula (Keyserling, 1887)
Fauna Portal species: 6591
Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2021): The median apophysis of the pedipalp of male of H. lodicula is most similar to that of H. walesiana due to a broad apical lobe, but distinctly differs due to the absence of a conspicuous bubble-shaped terminal apophysis and the presence of a tegular lobe. Females of H. lodicula are most similar to those of H. yesabah due to a comparatively short scape. However, H. lodicula differs distinctly by the much narrower subtriangular base of the scape.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Victoria
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Publications
(2021): Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australian garden orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics. 5: 275 - 334