Gloomy Dunedinia Dunedinia opaca Millidge, 1993
Fauna Portal species: 7548
Dunedinia opaca male, chelicerae frontal (SAM N1992676; Inman Valley, near Victor Harbor, South Australia)
Image: Millidge (1993; fig. 5)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5949Diagnosis
(after Millidge 1993): Dunedinia opaca is closely related to the New Zealand species D. denticulata. The female is diagnosed by the epigynum, which is very similar to that of D. denticulata, but has the lateral seapes more curved than in that species. The male is diagnosed by the pedipalp, which differs from that of D. denticulata by the somewhat different shapes of the anterior ventral projection of the embolic plate and of the median apophysis. The male chelicerae are bowed.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
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Publications
(1993): Three new species of the spider family Linyphiidae from Australia (Araneae). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 16: 211 - 219