Eastern Neoscona
Neoscona
FP-14205
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2006)
Fauna Portal species: 14205
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Araneidae
Neoscona FP-14205 male, dorsal (HBI N35268-12; Carnarvon Gorge area, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11392Diagnosis
This species is similar to Neoscona theisi. Males differ by the lack of a fan-shaped terminal apophysis, females can be best distinguished by the underside of the epigyne scape which has a narrow channel in Neoscona FP-14205, but not so in N. theisi.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
1 ♂
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Harry Butler Institute
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N35268-12
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1 February 2025
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Australia
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Queensland
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Carnarvon Gorge area, Carnarvon National Park
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night hand collection
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
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Volker Framenau, 11 July 2025