World Spider Catalog

Family: Dolomedidae

Megadolomedes Davies & Raven, 1980

GENUS | ACCEPTED

N.B.: transferred from the Pisauridae to the Dolomedidae by Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025: 8.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01718

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Last updated: 2025-04-08

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 4

SYNONYM: 1

Taxonomic Reference

Original description Davies & Raven, 1980: 135 type Dolomedes australianus L. Koch, 1865; gender masculine

Reference

Davies, V. T. & Raven, R. J. (1980). Megadolomedes nov. gen. (Araneae: Pisauridae) with a description of the male of the type-species, Dolomedes australianus Koch 1865. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 135-141. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-05	Genus transferred to other family	Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga, 2025		Megadolomedes Davies & Raven, 1980 transferred to Dolomedidae

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