Foliage Web Social Spider Phryganoporus candidus (L. Koch, 1872)
Fauna Portal species: 7053
Phryganoporus candidus female (Boya, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2010)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1543Diagnosis
(after Gray 2002): carapace length female 2.8–4.7, male 2.4–3.5. Cribellum divided. Separated from P. vandiemeni by distal spermathecal lobe usually rounded or transversely ovoid and interlobar duct not recurved distally. Male palp often without an obvious patellar apophysis. Late instar juveniles and adults found in communal and solitary webs.
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Publications
(2002): The taxonomy and distribution of the spider genus Phryganoporus Simon (Araneae: Amaurobioidea: Desidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 54: 275 - 292