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Drapetisca australis

Drapetisca australis
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Female
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Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Drapetisca
Species: D. australis
Binomial name
Drapetisca australis
Forster, 1955

Drapetisca australis is a spider in the Linyphiidae family. It is found in the Antipodes Islands.

The species was first described in 1955, by Raymond R. Forster, based on a female specimen only. The total body length of the female is about 28 mm, with the first leg being the longest at about 54 mm. The carapace is pale yellow with a dark line in the centre and at the edges; the abdomen is paler with a short thin black line near the cephalothorax and two black patches in the middle of the underside.



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