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Genus: Megadolomedes Davies & Raven, 1980 | Family: Dolomedidae Simon, 1876

Megadolomedes australianus (L. Koch, 1865)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019728

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales)

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Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) 1f 3j (A0002293-2295) [Raven & Hebron, 2018: ZMH 302 jm 'holotype'] -
Holotype: j of Dolomedes cervinus (lost) - (Raven & Hebron, 2018)

Taxonomic References

Dolomedes australianus L. Koch, 1865: 863 (Dj) Original description

Dolomedes cervinus L. Koch, 1876a: 872, pl. 75, f. 1 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063196]

Dolomedes australianus L. Koch, 1876a: 873, pl. 75, f. 2 (Df)

Megadolomedes australianus Davies & Raven, 1980: 136 (T from Dolomedes; S of D. cervinus and D. trux [revalidated by Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266]; figs. see Megadolomedes trux)

Megadolomedes australianus Raven & Hebron, 2018: 265, f. 40a-d (Dm, f, S of Dolomedes cervinus confirmed)

Megadolomedes australianus Yu et al., 2025: Suppl. 1: 7, f. S4E-F, S6C (m)

References

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

Koch, L. (1865). Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriopoden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 857-892. -- 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

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

Yu, K. P., Cheng, R. C., Haddad, C. R., Tanikawa, A., Pett, B. L., Piacentini, L., Yip, H. Y., Suzuki, Y., Henrard, A., Painting, C. J., Vink, C. J., Hebets, E. A., Harvey, M. S. & Kuntner, M. (2025). Systematics and evolutionary history of raft and nursery-webspiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae). Zoologica Scripta 54(3): 421-436 & Suppl. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12719 [[includes correction, p. 436, doi: 10.1111/zsc.12726]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Yu et al., 2025
2018-04-09	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Megadolomedes johndouglasi Raven & Hebron, 2018
2018-04-09	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Megadolomedes trux (Lamb, 1911)
2018-04-09	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Megadolomedes trux (Lamb, 1911)
2018-04-09	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Megadolomedes trux (Lamb, 1911)
2018-04-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Raven & Hebron, 2018
2018-04-09	Species distribution update	Raven & Hebron, 2018	Old value