Social Huntsman Spider Delena cancerides Walckernaer, 1837
Fauna Portal species: 8959
Delena cancerides male, dorsal (HBI N19049-1; Lake Lefroy, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15062Diagnosis
Despite probably being one of the most common huntsman spiders in Australia, Delena cancerides has not been diagnosed against other species of the genus in the scientific literature.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Female holotype, Tasmania (as "île Van-Diemen"), presumed lost as all of Walckenaer's (1837) types.
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- New Zealand
Fauna Portal Records
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