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Zillimata scintillans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1869)

The Rev. O.P. Cambridge in 1869 in his Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneidea, with characters of a new genus described this Zodariid as having a deep red-brown cephalothorax, reflecting beautiful violet and dark green in different lights, and an oval shaped abdomen of a deep black reflecting metallic tints of invisible green, having 5 pale markings with yellowish white spots and oblique lines on the side.

Female Zillimata scintillans


Zillimata scintillans and an ant (Rhytidonoptera)
Collected by Barbara Baehr at Lake Mungo Bush Blitz, Photo Stephen Mahony

Male Zillimata scintillans


Zillimata scintillans and an ant (Rhytidonoptera)
Collected by Barbara Baehr at Lake Mungo Bush Blitz, Photo Stephen Mahony

Male Zillimata scintillans


Zillimata scintillans and an ant (Rhytidonoptera)
Collected by Barbara Baehr at Lake Mungo Bush Blitz, Photo Stephen Mahony

Ant being mimicked (Rhytidonoptera)


Zillimata scintillans and an ant (Rhytidonoptera)
Collected by Barbara Baehr at Lake Mungo Bush Blitz, Photo Stephen Mahony

Male, Neds Corner VIC 3496


Zillimata scintillans
Photo: Barbara Baehr

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