Northern Leaf-curling Orb-weaver Leviana mulieraria (Keyserling, 1887)
Fauna Portal species: 6594
Leviana mulieraria male, dorsal (QM S116640; Lockerbie, Queensland)
Image: Framenau & Kuntner (2022; fig. 17A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3038Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Kuntner 2022): Leviana mulieraria is unique amongst all Leviana species based on the elongate, cylindrical abdomen; all other species have an ovoid, slightly dorso-ventrally compressed abdomen. Genital morphology is most similar to that of L. minima, but the median apophysis of the male pedipalp is broader and tapering more apically and the lateral edges of the female epigyne do not protrude as much.
Status
- native
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Publications
(2022): The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics. 6: 103 - 133