Spiny Hadrotarsine Dipoena aculeata (Hickman, 1951)
Fauna Portal species: 12406
Dipoena aculeata male, dorsal (HBI N30495-8; Otways, Bimbi Park, Victoria)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6289Diagnosis
(after Hickman 1951): Dipoena aculeatus is readily distinguished from the preceding species, Dipoena setosus, by the form of the abdomen.
The species illustratied here is referred to Hickman's (1951) Trigonobothrys aculeatus based on its similarity with the original description and illustration pending a taxonomic revision of the genus.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Tasmania
- Victoria
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Publications
(1951): New Phoroncidiinae and the affinities of the New Zealand spider Atkinsonia nana Cambridge. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1950: 3 - 24