Taxon details

Family: Pisauridae / Genus: Dolomedes

Dolomedes instabilis L. Koch, 1876

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2018-04-09
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019615]
  • Distribution: Australia, Papua New Guinea
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Type deposit provide information
Taxonomic references
Dolomedes instabilis L. Koch, 1876a: 863, pl. 74, f. 1 (Df).
Dolomedes habilis Hogg, 1906: 589, f. 89 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019608].
Lycosa habilis Rainbow, 1911: 268.
Dolomedes habilis Hirst, 1988: 77 (Tf from Lycosa).
Dolomedes instabilis Raven & Hebron, 2018: 247, f. 11b, 13a-c, 14a-f (Dm, f, S of D. habilis).
References

Hirst, D. (1988). Amended type localities of five species of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) described by H. R. Hogg in 1905. Records of the South Australian Museum 22: 77. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hogg, H. R. (1906). On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 76(II, 2, 1905): 569-590. [published on April 5, 1906, after Duncan, 1937] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1876a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 17-19]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 741-888, pl. 65-76. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. & Hebron, W. (2018). A review of the water spider family Pisauridae in Australia and New Caledonia with descriptions of four new genera and 23 new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature 60: 233-381. doi:10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2018.2017-06 download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2018-04-07 Species synonymy Raven & Hebron, 2018 Dolomedes habilis synonymized with Dolomedes instabilis
2018-04-06 New taxonomic reference entry Raven & Hebron, 2018 n/a
2018-04-06 First description of male Raven & Hebron, 2018 n/a (Old value)
2018-04-06 Species distribution update Raven & Hebron, 2018 n/a (Old value)