Taxon details

Family: Pisauridae / Genus: Megadolomedes

Megadolomedes trux (Lamb, 1911)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2018-04-09
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050226]
  • Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Queensland Museum, Brisbane (QMB), Australia; f (G 55) [Raven & Hebron, 2018: subadult] (Davies & Gallon, 1986)
Taxonomic references
Dolomedes trux Lamb, 1911: 173, f. 4 (Df).
Dolomedes trux Rainbow, 1912c: 210, f. 1-3 (f).
Megadolomedes australianus Davies & Raven, 1980: 136, f. 1-12, pl. 1A-D (mf; misidentified per Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266).
Megadolomedes trux Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266, f. 1a, 3b,d, 39a-c, 41a-c, 42a-c (Dm, f, removed from S of Megadolomedes australianus, rejecting Davies & Raven, 1980: 136).
References

Davies, V. T. & Raven, R. J. (1980). Megadolomedes nov. gen. (Araneae: Pisauridae) with a description of the male of the type-species, Dolomedes australianus Koch 1865. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 135-141. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lamb, J. (1911). Descriptions of some new Queensland Araneidae. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 169-174. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1912c). Notes on Dolomedes trux Lamb. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1: 210. 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
2018-04-09 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2018-04-09 New taxonomic reference entry Raven & Hebron, 2018 n/a
2018-04-09 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2018-04-09 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2018-04-09 Species updated Raven & Hebron, 2018 Removed synonymy (Old value)