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Genus: Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 | Family: Pisauridae Simon, 1890

Dolomedes instabilis L. Koch, 1876

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019615

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Described:

Distribution: Australia, Papua New Guinea

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Holotype: f (lost) - (Raven & Hebron, 2018)
Syntype: South Australian Museum (SAM), Adelaide, Australia 3f of Dolomedes habilis - (Raven & Hebron, 2018)

Taxonomic References

Dolomedes instabilis L. Koch, 1876a: 863, pl. 74, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Dolomedes habilis Hogg, 1906: 589, f. 89 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019608]

Lycosa habilis Rainbow, 1911: 268

Dolomedes habilis Hirst, 1988: 77 (Tf from Lycosa)

Dolomedes instabilis Raven & Hebron, 2018: 247, f. 11b, 13a-c, 14a-f (Dm, f, S of D. habilis)

References

Hirst, D. (1988). Amended type localities of five species of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) described by H. R. Hogg in 1905. Records of the South Australian Museum 22: 77. -- Show included taxa

Hogg, H. R. (1906). On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 76(II, 2, 1905): 569-590. [[published on April 5, 1906, after Duncan, 1937]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1876a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 17-19]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 741-888, pl. 65-76. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. & Hebron, W. (2018). A review of the water spider family Pisauridae in Australia and New Caledonia with descriptions of four new genera and 23 new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature 60: 233-381. doi: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2018.2017-06 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2018-04-07	Species synonymy	Raven & Hebron, 2018		Dolomedes habilis synonymized with Dolomedes instabilis
2018-04-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Raven & Hebron, 2018
2018-04-06	First description of male	Raven & Hebron, 2018	Old value
2018-04-06	Species distribution update	Raven & Hebron, 2018	Old value