Orange Enigmatic Spider Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, 1886
Fauna Portal species: 6721
Diagnosis
Paraplectanoides crassipes have a unique squat morphology and colour patterns, with females largely orange and males overall black. They cannot be mistaken for any other orb-weaving spider in Australia.
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1975): On Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 3: 166 - 174
(2023): Genitalic morphology and phylogenomic placement of the Australian spider Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, 1886 (Araneae, Araneidae) with a discussion on the classification of the family Araneidae. Invertebrate Systematics. 37: 797 - 818DOI