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Dolomedes spp. Australian Water Spiders

• Female from above, note short tarsi
• Female, cephalothorax
• Male
• Another female, sub-adult, from above
• Female, facing
• Dolomedes briangreenei female
• Dolomedes briangreenei male

Dolomedes spp. have been record in coastal and hinterland areas of eastern Australia from Queensland to Tasmania. As Australian Pisaurids are being revised by Robert Raven at Queensland Museum, until this review is complete it will be difficult to correctly identify many Dolomedes species. Most are relatively large water spiders able to stay submerged by means of trapped air bubbles. Species recorded for Australia include D. albicomus L. Koch, 1867 D. eberhardarum Strand, 1919 D. facetus L. Koch, 1876 D. flaminius L. Koch, 1867 D. habilis Hogg, 1905 D. instabilis L. Koch, 1876 D. stilatus Karsch, 1878.

Female from above, note short tarsi

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Photo: Robert Whyte

Female, cephalothorax

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Photo: Robert Whyte

Male

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Photo: Robert Whyte

Another female, sub-adult, from above

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Photo: Robert Whyte

Female, facing

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Photo: Robert Whyte

Dolomedes briangreenei female

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Photo Jim Hackett in high altitude rainforest near Cairns

Dolomedes briangreenei male

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Photo Jim Hackett in high altitude rainforest near Cairns