Tube-dwelling Spider Ariadna dysderina L. Koch, 1873
Fauna Portal species: 8910
Ariadna dysderina female, dorsal (ZMH A0000801; Bowen, Queensland)
Image: Dupérré (2023; fig. 59A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8601Diagnosis
(after Dupérré 2023): The females most resemble A. tangara and A. thyrianthina but are distinguished by their much smaller posterior receptaculum, while it is larger in
the latter two species.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
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