Main's Red-and-Black Spider Nicodamus mainae Harvey, 1995
Fauna Portal species: 8075
Nicodamus mainae male, dorsal (HBI N32476-8; Lake Grace, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8419Diagnosis
(after Harvey 1995): Very similar to N. bicolor, but male retrolateral tibial apophysis without basal flange and conductor with small spur. Females cannot be separated morphologically.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1995): The systematics of the spider family Nicodamidae (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 9: 279 - 386DOI