Atkinson's Bird-dung Spider Celaenia atkinsoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
Fauna Portal species: 6642
Celaenia atkinsoni juvenile, dorsal (HBI N30484-10; Launceston, Trevallyn Nature Recreation Area, Stolen Spice Trail, Tasmania)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11277Diagnosis
Celaenia atkinsoni is probably most similar to C. excavata, but the abdomen is more drawn out laterallly ending in pointy tips.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Holotype female, New Zealand (no exact locality), A.S. Atkinson (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1880) (whereabouts unknown).
Australia
- South Australia
- Tasmania
Neighbouring Countries
- New Zealand
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1987): Celaenia atkinsoni (Arachnida, Araneae): New record for South Australia with description of the male. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 109: 181 - 182
(1971): Three Tasmanian spiders of the genus Celaenia Thorell (Araneida) with notes on their biology. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 105: 75 - 82
(1880): On some new and rare spiders from New Zealand, with characters of four new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47(4, 1879): 681 - 703