Megadolomedes trux (Lamb, 1911)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050226

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)

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  • Holotype: Queensland Museum, Brisbane (QMB), Australia f (G 55) [Raven & Hebron, 2018: subadult] - (Davies & Gallon, 1986)
Taxonomic References
Dolomedes trux Lamb, 1911: 173, f. 4 (Df)
Dolomedes trux Rainbow, 1912c: 210, f. 1-3 (f)
Megadolomedes australianus Davies & Raven, 1980: 136, f. 1-12, pl. 1A-D (mf; misidentified per Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266)
Megadolomedes trux Raven & Hebron, 2018: 266, f. 1a, 3b,d, 39a-c, 41a-c, 42a-c (Dm, f, removed from S of Megadolomedes australianus, rejecting Davies & Raven, 1980: 136) Original description
Megadolomedes trux Yu et al., 2025: Suppl. 1: 4, f. S1G-I, S3C (f)
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

Lamb, J. (1911). Descriptions of some new Queensland Araneidae. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 169-174. -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1912c). Notes on Dolomedes trux Lamb. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1: 210. -- 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

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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 added from other taxon Old value
2018-04-09 New taxonomic reference entry Raven & Hebron, 2018
2018-04-09 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2018-04-09 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Old value
2018-04-09 Species updated Raven & Hebron, 2018 Old value Removed synonymy

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