Smaragd Swift Spider Poecilipta smaragdinea (Simon, 1909)
Fauna Portal species: 6924
Diagnosis
(after Raven 2015): Differs from P. rawlinsonae in the carapace being entirely iridescent green with white scales; in males, the retrolateral subtegular lobe being larger, the straighter coniform paracymbial spine and the basal spiral of the embolus being lower than the final spiral. In females, the strongly ovoid shape of the copulatory ridges readily distinguish it from other species for which females are known in which the ridges are circular.
Linnean Type
Lectotype (designated in Raven 2015), female, Wooroloo, [31°48'S, 116°18'E] (ZMB 28259)
Linnean Lectotype(s)
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2015): A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa. 3958: 1 - 258