Joan's Ladder-web Spider Telaprocera joanae Harmer & Framenau, 2008
Fauna Portal species: 6740
Telaprocera joanae male, dorsal (ZMUC 12221; Lamington National Park, near O`Reillys Guesthouse, Queensland)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2007)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3136Diagnosis
(after Harmer & Framenau 2008):
Telaprocera joanae is generally smaller than T. maudae and is characterised by the green colouration, narrower, more tapered abdomen, with white dorsolateral humeral projections and strong scalloped pattern on the posterior lateral surface. The median apophysis of the male pedipalp is reduced in comparison to the median apophysis of T. maudae, and is not dish-shaped. There is a basoembolic apophysis present, and a digitiform process originating on the terminal apophysis, both of which are lacking in T. maudae. Females can be distinguished by the comparatively wider epigyne, which is approximately two and a half times wider than long, and the short distal portion of the scape which is curved posteriorly and partially covering the copulatory openings.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
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Publications
(2008): Telaprocera (Araneae: Araneidae), a new genus of Australian orb-web spiders with highly elongated webs. Zootaxa. 1956: 59 - 80