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Dolophones is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations recorded1,189

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
592
With media
1
Family
Araneidae
Collections
MCZ, NMV, AM, QM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
Image
Dolophones sp. (14512417851).jpg
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taxon name
Dolophones
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Dolophones
Commons category
Dolophones
taxon author citation
Walckenaer, 1837
taxonomic type
Dolophones notacantha
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References

Dolophones is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

==Species== it contains seventeen species: Dolophones bituberculata Lamb, 1911 – Australia (Queensland) Dolophones clypeata (L. Koch, 1871) – Indonesia (Moluccas), Australia Dolophones conifera (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia Dolophones elfordi Dunn & Dunn, 1946 – Australia (Victoria) Dolophones intricata Rainbow, 1915 – Australia (South Australia) Dolophones macleayi (Bradley, 1876) – Australia (Queensland) Dolophones mammeata (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia Dolophones maxima Hogg, 1900 – Australia (Victoria) Dolophones nasalis (Butler, 1876) – Australia (Queensland) Dolophones notacantha (Quoy & Gaimarg, 1824) – Australia (New South Wales) Dolophones peltata (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is.) Dolophones pilosa (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia Dolophones simpla (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales) Dolophones testudinea (L. Koch, 1871) – Australia, New Caledonia Dolophones thomisoides Rainbow, 1915 – Australia (South Australia) Dolophones tuberculata (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales) Dolophones turrigera (L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

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