Iridonyssus from other Corinnidae genera by the pustulose iridescent carapace and from Poecilipta in the relatively wider carapace and much shorter legs.
Swift Spiders
Corinnidae
(after Framenau et al. 2014): As relatives of the Sac Spiders (family Clubionidae), Swift Spiders have a comparable eye pattern of similar-sized eyes in two rows. They have elongated bodies with long legs. The abdomen may be partly sclerotised, in particular around the pedicel. Three subfamilies are recognised from Australia. The Castianeirinae, characterised by a short, corkscrew-shaped embolus of the male pedipalp, includes the majority of the indigenous Australian Swift Spider fauna. The Corinninae and Oedignathinae mainly include introduced cosmopolitan or tropical species and these are best identified based on species specific characters.
The Corinnidae of Australia were revised by Raven (2015).
Iridonyssus
1 species
Nucastia
3 species
Nyssus
8 species
Poecilipta
5 species
Male pedipalp cymbium with a paracymbial spine and bulb with lobular scaly embolic base; females distinguished by the wide, black, distinctly enlarged fang setae in combination with the simple bilobed spermathecae, and from Battalus in the simpler less folded form of the spermathecae.
Ticopa
1 species
Publications
Framenau VW, Baehr BC, Zborowski P (2014): A guide to the spiders of Australia. New Holland Publishers, 1 - 448
Raven RJ (2015): A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa. 3958: 1 - 258
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Harry Butler Institute
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N18954-6
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1 juv.
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16 August 2020
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island
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vehicle vibration
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COI
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CATAAAGATATTGGTACTTTATATTTAATTTTTGGGGTTTGATCTGCAATAGTTGGTACTGCTATAAGAGTATTAATTCGGTTAGAGTTGAGACAAACTGGAGCGTTTTTAGGAGATGATCAGTTGTATAATGTTATTGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATGGTTATACCCATTTTAATTGGTGGGTTTGGTAATTGGTTAGTTCCGTTAATGTTGGGTGCTCCTGATATGGCTTTTCCTCGTATGAATAATTTAAGATTTTGGTTGTTGCCACCTTCATTATTTTTATTATTTATTTCTTCAATAGTGGAAATAGGAGTGGGAGCCGGTTGAACTGTATATCCTCCTTTGGCTTCAATTGTTGGGCATGCTGGTAGTGCAGTAGATTTCGCTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCTGGGGCTTCTTCTATTATGGGTGCAGTGAATTTTATTTCAACTATTATTAATATACGTTCTGTTGGTATAAGTATAGAAAAGGTTCCGTTGTTTGTGTGATCAGTATTGATTACTGCAGTTCTTCTTCTTCTTTCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTGTTAACGGATCGAAATTTTAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATCCGGCTGGAGGAGGTGACCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTTTGATTTTTTGGTCAC
Harry Butler Institute
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N32290-3
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♀
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20 August 2023
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island
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pitfall trap
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COI
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CATAAAGATATTGGAACTTTATATTTAATTTTTGGAGCATGATCTGCTATGGTTGGAACGGCTATAAGTGTTTTAATTCGTTTGGAATTGAGACAAACAGGGAGTTTTTTAGGGGATGATCAGTTGTATAATGTTATTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATGATTTTCTTTATGGTTATACCTATTTTAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTGGTGCCTTTGATGTTGGGTGCACCTGACATAGCATTTCCTCGAATGAATAATTTAAGTTTTTGATTGTTACCTCCTTCTTTAATATTATTATTTATTTCATCTATGGTAGAAATGGGAGTTGGAGCTGGGTGGACAGTATATCCTCCTTTAGCTTCTGTTATTGGACATGGTGGGAGTGCAGTTGATTTTGCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTGCTTCGTCAATTATGGGAGCAGTTAATTTTATTTCTACAATTATTAATATACGATCAATTGGTATAACTATGGAAAAGGTTCCGTTATTTGTGTGATCTGTTTTAATTACAGCAGTATTACTGCTTCTTTCGTTACCGGTTTTAGCTGGTGCTATTACTATATTGTTAACTGATCGAAATTTTAATACATCTTTCTTTGACCCGGCAGGTGGGGGTGATCCTATTTTATTTCAACATTTATTTTGATTTTTTGGTCAC