Deinopis subrufa

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iDeinopis subrufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Deinopidae
Genus: Deinopis
Species: D. subrufa
Binomial name
Deinopis subrufa
L. Koch, 1879

Deinopis subrufa (also called Rufous Net-casting Spider) is a species of net-casting spiders. It occurs in eastern Australia and Tasmania.

Females are about 25mm, males about 22mm.

This species is often found on a few strands of web in forest, woodland and heathland, or on flat surfaces for example on the outside of houses.

[edit] Name

The species name subrufa is Latin for "slightly reddish".

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