Wrap-around Spider Dolophones mammeata (Keyserling, 1886)
Fauna Portal species: 161
Dolophones mammeata male, dorsal (HBI N30975-5; Dundas Nature Reserve, near Jindanbinbin Rocks, Western Australia)
Image: P. Castanheira (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10585Diagnosis
Male Dolophones mammeata differ from Dolophones bituberculata by pedipalp bearing a bubble-shaped terminal apophysis and a narrower median apophysis, while females differ from other Dolophones by the wider base of the epigyne.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Lectotypemale of Tholia mammeata Keyserling, 1886 [female syntype is D. bituberculata] (no exact locality, AUSTRALIA) (ZMH-A0001728).
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- South Australia
- Western Australia
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