Leucauge dromedaria
| Humped silver orb spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Leucauge |
| Species: | L. dromedaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucauge dromedaria (Thorell, 1842)
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Leucauge dromedaria, the humped silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders. A medium to large sized orb weaving spider, with a body length up to 15 mm long (female). Male to 6 mm. This species has a second pair of "humps" on the abdomen. Found in Australia, some south Pacific Islands and New Zealand. [1][2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described as Meta granulata in 1842 by Tamerlan Thorell.[4] It was most recently revised in 1917, in which it was moved to the Leucauge genus.[5]
Distribution
[edit]This species is known from New Zealand, Australia and some Pacific Islands.
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier of "Secure Overseas".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leucauge dromedaria (Thorell, 1881) Humped Silver Orb Spider". Arachne.org.au. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Leucauge dromedaria (Thorell, 1881)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Ron Atkinson. "Leucauge dromedaria". Find A Spider Guide. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–720.
- ^ Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
- ^ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.