Dorymetaecus
Sign in to saveDorymetaecus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phrurolithidae, containing two species, Dorymetaecus spinnipes and Dorymetaecus dalmasi. Dorymetaecus dalmasi is recorded from New Caledonia. Dorymetaecus spinnipes was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1920, and is found on Lord Howe Island and south-eastern parts of Australia. Rainbow died in November 1919, shortly before publication of the work this species is described in.
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Dorymetaecus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phrurolithidae, containing two species, Dorymetaecus spinnipes and Dorymetaecus dalmasi. Dorymetaecus dalmasi is recorded from New Caledonia. Dorymetaecus spinnipes was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1920, and is found on Lord Howe Island and south-eastern parts of Australia. Rainbow died in November 1919, shortly before publication of the work this species is described in.
==Description== The holotype was found on Kentia palms, and only the female of this species is known. Its cephalothorax is long and wide. The opisthosoma is long and wide.
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