Stone-nest Orb-weaving Spider Nemoscolus sandersi Kallal & Hormiga, 2020
Fauna Portal species: 170
Nemoscolus sandersi male, dorsal (WAM T144026; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5436Diagnosis
Nemoscolus sandersi is the only known species of the genus Nemoscolus in Australia.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2020): Phylogenetic placement of the stone-nest orb-weaving spider Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 (Araneae : Araneidae) and the description of the first species from Australia. Invertebrate Systematics. 34: 893 - 905DOI