Western Demadiana Demadiana cerula (Simon, 1908)
Fauna Portal species: 6799
Demadiana cerula male, dorsal (WAM 93/47; Pemberton, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2006)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3233Diagnosis
(based on Framenau et al. 2010): Based on the morphology of the male pedipalp, in particular the median apophysis with apical keel and the two-edged paracymbium, D. cerula is most similar to D. diabolus from Tasmania. However, males of D. cerula differ distinctly by the shape of the paracymbium, which has two long sharp ridges in contrast to the short ridges in D. diabolus. Females of both species are easily separated by the presence of a sclerotised lip on the epigyne in D. cerula which is absent in D. diabolus.
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2010): Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae : Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 24: 139 - 171