Triangular Orb-weaver Araneus cyrtarachnoides (Keyserling, 1887)
Fauna Portal species: 6582
Leviaraneus cyrtarachnoides female, dorsal (QM S85978; Proserpine, Thompson Creek, Queensland)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2008)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3196Diagnosis
Males of Genus Leviaraneuscyrtarachnoides differ from the two two species of which males currently known, Leviaraneus FP-11622 and FP-11632 (the latter only known from Papua New Guinea) by the shape of the median apophysis, which is much simpler apically. The shape of the female epigyne is distinct and differs from that of FP-11630 by the lack of lateral protrusions and from that of FP-11631 by not being able to see the spermathecae.
The colouration of this species is extremely variable from uniformly green to dark reddish-orange, often with a distinctly coloured band across the abodmen anteriorly.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
Neighbouring Countries
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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