Bill's Palisade Wolf Spider Dingosa humphreysi (McKay, 1985)
Fauna Portal species: 7697
Dingosa humphreysi male, dorsal (SAM NN16745; Hambidge, South Australia)
Image: Framenau & Baehr (2007; fig. 1C)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4346Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Baehr 2007): Somatic and genitalic characters place D. humphreysi close to D. murata. The longitudinal cardiac mark on the opisthosoma is less serrated than in D. simsoni and D. serrata in both species and males carry a small tooth at the base of the tegular apophysis of the male pedipalp. Males of D. humphreysi and D. murata can be distinguished by the shape of the tegular apophysis, which is curved apically in D. humphreysi but not so in D. murata. Females clearly differ in the shape of the epigyne. The median septum in D. humphreysi does not have truncated edges on the transverse part as evident in D. murata.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2007): Revision of the Australian wolf spider genus Dingosa Roewer, 1955 (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Natural History. 41: 1603 - 1629DOI