Tim Tam's Wrap-around Spider
Dolophones
timtam
Discoverer: P. Castanheira (2025)
Fauna Portal species: 14864
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Araneidae
Diagnosis
Females of D. timtam are most similar to those of D. mammeata, D. phalloides andD. tegulocristata. It differs from D. mammeata and D. tegulocristata by the trapezoid epigyne and from D. phalloides by the epigyne with a larger atrium, thicker and longer scape and narrower central division, with posterior plates almost touching along its length. Males are unknown.
Status
- native
Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria
Volker Framenau, 19 October 2026
Araneae (Spiders)
- Actinopodidae
- Anamidae
- Araneae fam. indet.
- Araneidae
- Abba
- Acroaspis
- Anepsion
- Arachnura
- Araneidae gen. indet.
- Argiope
- Austracantha
- Backobourkia
- Bijoaraneus
- Carepalxis
- Celaenia
- Courtaraneus
- Cyclosa
- Cyrtobill
- Cyrtophora
- Dolophones
- apicocristata
- bituberculata
- boomerang
- clypeata
- crassilobata
- dispersa
- dubia
- elevata
- footy
- fowlerensis
- furiosa
- geniculata
- gigantea
- intricata
- mammeata
- mariposa
- megaloembolus
- notacantha
- parageniculata
- pavlova
- pederseni
- peltata
- phalloides
- pseudonotacantha
- quadrata
- scimitariformis
- simpla
- striata
- tegulocristata
- testudinea
- timtam
- tridactyla
- ultima
- vegemite
- Eriovixia
- Gea
- Genus 2199 ('Cucullus')
- Genus 239 (cf. Scoloderus)
- Genus 2775 (talipedatus gp)
- Genus 3241 ('Corargiope')
- Genus 3271 (mangrove larinoid)
- Genus 3274
- Genus 3313 (psittacinus gp)
- Genus 3338 (acuminatus gp)
- Genus 3339 (albotriangulus gp)
- Genus 3340 (speculabundus gp)
- Genus 3345 (dehaani gp)
- Genus 3346
- Genus 3347 (rainbowi gp)
- Genus 3348
- Hortophora
- Isoxya
- Kangaraneus
- Larinia
- Lariniophora
- Leviana
- Leviaraneus
- Mangrovia
- Nemoscolus
- Neoscona
- Novakiella
- Novaranea
- Plebs
- Poltys
- Quokkaraneus
- Salsa
- Socca
- Soccaraspis
- Telaprocera
- Trichonephila
- Venomius
- Yowie
- Abba
- Archaeidae
- Argyronetidae
- Arkyidae
- Barychelidae
- Cheiracanthiidae
- Clubionidae
- Corinnidae
- Ctenidae
- Cycloctenidae
- Deinopidae
- Dictynidae
- Euagridae
- Filistatidae
- Gnaphosidae
- Hahniidae
- Halonoproctidae
- Hersiliidae
- Idiopidae
- Lamponidae
- Linyphiidae
- Lycosidae
- Matachiidae
- Mimetidae
- Miturgidae
- Mysmenidae
- Nicodamidae
- Oecobiidae
- Oonopidae
- Oxyopidae
- Paraplectanoididae
- Philodromidae
- Pholcidae
- Phonognathidae
- Pisauridae
- Porteriidae
- Prodidomidae
- Salticidae
- Scytodidae
- Segestriidae
- Selenopidae
- Sparassidae
- Symphytognathidae
- Tetrablemmidae
- Tetragnathidae
- Theridiidae
- Thomisidae
- Toxopidae
- Trachelidae
- Trachycosmidae
- Trochanteriidae
- Uloboridae
- Zodariidae
- Zoropsidae
All classes
- Arachnida
- Crustacea
- Entognatha
- Gastropoda
- Insecta
- Blattodea s. str. (Cockroaches)
- Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Dermaptera (earwigs)
- Diptera (flies, mosquitos)
- Entomobryomorpha (slender springtails)
- Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
- Hemiptera - Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas, planthoppers)
- Hemiptera - Heteroptera (True Bugs)
- Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha (aphids, scales etc.)
- Hymenoptera - Formicidae (Ants)
- Hymenoptera excl. Formicidae (bees and wasps)
- Mantodea (Praying Mantises)
- Orthoptera - Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
- Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
- Zygentoma (silverfish)
- Myriapoda
