Complex Demadiana Demadiana complicata Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010
Fauna Portal species: 6800
Demadiana complicata male, dorsal (QM S48966; Beerwah State Forest, Queensland)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2006)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3239Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2010): Males of Demadiana complicata can be distinguished from all other Demadiana species by the shape of the median apophysis which is longer than wide and, unique within the males of the genus, has one convex and one concave lateral margin. The female of the species is unknown.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
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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