Dolophones turrigera
Appearance
Turreted Wrap-around spider | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Dolophones |
Species: | D. turrigera
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Binomial name | |
Dolophones turrigera (Koch, 1867)[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Dolophones turrigera is a species of spider indigenous to Australia. It was first described in 1867 by Ludwig von Koch.[2] It is able to camouflage itself among plant material during the day and spins a web at night.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Taxon details Dolophones turrigera (Koch, 1867)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Koch, Ludwig (1867). ""Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden"". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 173–250.
- ^ Robert, Whyte; Anderson, Greg. "Dolophones conifera at Arachne.org.au". Retrieved 30 March 2017.