Brown House Spider Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867)
Fauna Portal species: 6990
Badumna longinqua female, dorsal (HBI N30482-47; Lake Saint Clair, Platypus Bay Track, Tasmania)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7570Diagnosis
Badumna longinqua is similar to Badumna insignis. Males differ by the more S-shaped embolus and conductor, females by the presence of anterior hoods on the epigyne (absent in B. insignis).
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- New Zealand
Fauna Portal Records
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