Orb-weaving Spider Socca levyashini Framenau & Castanheira, 2021
Fauna Portal species: 11214
Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2022): Socca levyashini can be easily identified from other species within the genus by its epigyne morphology , that has two unique antero-lateral sclerotised lobes in ventral view. It is also by far the ‘deepest’ epigyne, i.e. the internal genitalia including the spermathecae reaching far into the abdomen. Males are unknown.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2022): Taxonomy and systematics of the new Australo-Pacific orb-weaving spider genus Socca (Araneae: Araneidae) . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 49: 263 - 334DOI