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Dave1969

Interesting

A very interesting new addition from the south coast of NSW. Some say Hexathelidae some say Dipluridae.
Update... only two pairs of spinnerets so she appears to be a Diplurid. The last paper describing Australian Diplurids was written in 1984 with none collected in the are. Genus and species remains a mystery.
 
Update... only two pairs of spinnerets so she appears to be a Diplurid. The last paper describing Australian Diplurids was written in 1984 with none collected in the are. Genus and species remains a mystery.
Definitely doesnt look like Australothele to me as the abdomen isnt lighter than the carapace and her legs look too spiny. I think its very likely a new species
 
@ResonantVoid, that was one of my original thoughts, but, it's definitely a Diplurid (soon to be Euagridae) and not Hexathelidae. Bymainiella, a Hexathelid, is about the same size as Paraembolides (all Paraembolides were once considered Bymainiella) and quite a bit smaller than her. Dr Raven, on another page that I posted it to, with a spinnerets photo, has suggested possible Cethegus or Australothele. The abdomen is a lighter colour than the cephalothorax and legs a couple of feeds has accentuated the difference.

All very interesting because the nearest described species of both is at the northern end of the state - well over 500 kms away.
 
@ResonantVoid, that was one of my original thoughts, but, it's definitely a Diplurid (soon to be Euagridae) and not Hexathelidae. Bymainiella, a Hexathelid, is about the same size as Paraembolides (all Paraembolides were once considered Bymainiella) and quite a bit smaller than her. Dr Raven, on another page that I posted it to, with a spinnerets photo, has suggested possible Cethegus or Australothele. The abdomen is a lighter colour than the cephalothorax and legs a couple of feeds has accentuated the difference.

All very interesting because the nearest described species of both is at the northern end of the state - well over 500 kms away.
For some reason i had it in my head Bymainiella was Dipluridae but of course my memory is trash

Not sure on Cethegus, only seen pictures but they appear more thickset and bulky than this. My personal guess is still a new Australothele sp. but its definitely not A.Nambucca
 
I thought the same about Cethegus, but, apparently there is a bit more variation among the genus. A male would be good for breeding and, perhaps once he's finished his job, to send for identification or description.
 

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