Mushroom Orb-weaver Novakiella boletus Framenau, Vink, Scharff, Baptista & Castanheira, 2021
Fauna Portal species: 11144
Diagnosis
Novakiella boletus differs from the second Australian species in the genus, N. trituberculosa, by genitalic characters. Males have a mushroom-shaped conductor lobe, whereas it is two-lobed in N. trituberculosa. The female epigyne has distinct transverse wrinkles, whereas these are limited to the edges of the epigyne in N. trituberculosa.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97: 393 - 405