Southern Wrap-around Spider Dolophones testudinea (L. Koch, 1871)
Fauna Portal species: 12261
Dolophones testudinea female, dorsal (AM KS.28612; Merbein, Victoria)
Image: P. Castanheira (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15603Diagnosis
Females of D. testudinea are most similar to those of D. dubia, and differ from it by the scape being rounded on its base, covering the atrium anteriorly, and ending in a longer and more pointed tip. Males of D. testudineamostly resemble D. fowlerensis, differing from it by the pedipalp with wider tegular lobe, median apophysis with a thinner and more pointed tip and an embolus with a shorter and less curved tip.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- New Caledonia
Fauna Portal Records
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