Theis' Orb-weaver Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841)
Fauna Portal species: 167
Neoscona theisi female, dorsal (HBI N6663-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Images: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 2950Diagnosis
Within an Australian context, male Neosconsa theisi differ from others by the fan-shaped terminal apophysis and females by the comparatively long epigyne scape.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Holotype female, Mariana Islands (depository unknown, likely lost).
Australia
- Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- New South Wales
- Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1986): Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae). Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen. 250: 1 - 123