Simple Demadiana Demadiana simplex (Karsch, 1878)
Fauna Portal species: 6803
Demadiana simplex male, dorsal (AM KS64324; Wyrrabalong National Park, New South Wales)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2006)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1540Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2010): Males of Demadiana simplex differ from all other species of Demadiana by the convex lateral margins and truncated tip of the median apophysis of the pedipalp. The female epigyne of this species has a unique anterior V-shaped weak sclerotisation that is absent in all other Demadiana species.
Linnean Type
Female holotype, no exact locality (New South Wales, Australia), no date, E. Daemel (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin; ZMB 1308).
Australia
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2010): Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae : Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 24: 139 - 171