Karijini Fishing Spider Dolomedes karijini Raven & Hebron, 2018
Fauna Portal species: 11103
Dolomedes karijini male, dorsal (HBI N26528-1; Hovea, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4024Diagnosis
(after Raven & Hebron 2018): The male of Dolomedes karijini differs from that of D. mankorlod in that the retrobasal flange on the median apophysis is rounded rather than trianguloid . Females differ from those of D. instabilis in the shorter ridged median field and the non-overlapping spermathecal ducts.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2018): A review of the Water spider family Pisauridae in Australia and New Caledonia with descriptions of four new genera and 23 new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 60: 233 - 381WEB