Australian Tiger Swift Spider Ticopa australis Raven, 2015
Fauna Portal species: 6931
Ticopa australia male, dorsal (HBI N35476-2; Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13970Diagnosis
(after Raven et al. 2015): Males differ from those of all other species by the embolus tip which appears folded and females differ from that of T. hudsoni in the smaller, almost indistinct accessory lobe on the spermathecal head.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South 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