Elongated Running Crab Spider Tibellus tenellus (L. Koch, 1876)
Fauna Portal species: 269
Tibellustenellus male, dorsal (HBI N25712-4; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1361Diagnosis
Tibellus tenellus is an elongated, green-brownish spider with characteristic eye pattern and genital morpholoy. It resembles some species of the Miturgidae, which also have elongated abdomen.
This species of Tibellus is here referred to T. tenellus, as the epigyne matches in good detail that illustrated by L. Koch (1876), although the illustrations of the holotype female reproduced here (Dupérré 2023) show some variation. A review of Australian Tibellus, including male pedipalp morphology, is required to confirm the species status.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2023): New light on some historical type specimens - in relation to the South American spider (Araneae) fauna. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 50: 118 - 277DOI