Dolophones turrigera
| Turreted Wrap-around spider | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Dolophones |
| Species: | D. turrigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolophones turrigera (Koch, 1867)[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dolophones turrigera is a species of spider indigenous to Australia. It was first described in 1867 by Ludig von Koch. [2] It is able to camouflauge itself among plant material during the day and spins a web at night. [3]
References
- 1 2 "Taxon details Dolophones turrigera (Koch, 1867)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ↑ Koch, Ludwig (1867). ""Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden"". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 173–250.
- ↑ Robert, Whyte; Anderson, Greg. "Dolophones conifera at Arachne.org.au". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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