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What

Antipodes Long-toothed Sheetweaver (Diploplecta australis)

Observer

stephen_thorpe

Date

July 20, 2013

Description

Drapetisca australis Forster, 1955

1 adult female.

NEW ZEALAND AN, North Crater, pitfall trap NC5, 10-20 July 2013, J.C. Russell

The epigynum (third photo) does not seem to match the original description, apparently lacking the long transparent rod, though the rod may in fact be present but hard to see.

IDENTIFICATION REFERENCE
Forster, R.R. 1955: Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, 2(4): 167-203.

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