Spotted Orb-weaver
Neoscona
FP-166
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2006)
Fauna Portal species: 166
Neoscona FP-166 male, dorsal (HBI N6665-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 2932Diagnosis
Neoscona FP-166 is similar to N. adianta (as illustrated by Grasshoff 1986), but differs in details of the genitalia and dorsal colouration of the abdomen.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1986): Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae). Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen. 250: 1 - 123