Red House Spider Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846)
Fauna Portal species: 13840
Nesticodes rufipes female, dorsal (WAM T167122; Cranbrook, Townsville, Queensland)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11883Diagnosis
Nesticus rufipes is easily distinguished by the red-orange cephalothorax and black abdomen when alive. It is the only species in the genus Nesticodes with characteristic genitalia
Status
- introduced
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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