Biology:Drapetisca australis

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Short description: Species of spider

Drapetisca australis
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Female
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Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Drapetisca
Species:
D. australis
Binomial name
Drapetisca australis
Forster, 1955[1]

Drapetisca australis is a spider in the family Linyphiidae.[2] It is found in the Antipodes Islands.[1]

The species was first described in 1955, by Raymond R. Forster, based on a female specimen only. The total body length of the female is about 28 mm, with the first leg being the longest at about 54 mm. The carapace is pale yellow with a dark line in the centre and at the edges; the abdomen is paler with a short thin black line near the cephalothorax and two black patches in the middle of the underside.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Taxon details Drapetisca australis Forster, 1955". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/15080. Retrieved 2016-02-21. 
  2. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/drapetisca+australis/match/1. Retrieved 20 February 2016. 
  3. Forster, R.R. (1955). "Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 2: 167–203. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3012823 entry