Deliochus pulcher melanius Rainbow, 1916 Beautiful Dark Deliochus

• Adult female, face on from above
• Adult female, side on from above
• Adult female, face on
• Adult female, from above
• Juvenile, from above
• Juvenile, face on
• References

Named by Rainbow in 1916 from Queensland specimens, this spider is very likely found elsewhere, The adult below, body length about 12mm was seen in scrub in Melbourne Botanical Gardens Cranbourne, the juvenile, body length about 4mm, was shaken out of a Psychotria daphnoides in the Gap, Brisbane. Another photograph of a female with spiderlings is on page 19 of the Australian Wildlife Guide: Spiders.

Adult female, face on from above

Photo: Robert Whyte

Adult female, side on from above

Photo: Robert Whyte

Adult female, face on

Notice the white band long the front of the abdomen. A similar white stripe is apparent on the juvenile.

Photo: Robert Whyte

Adult female, from above

Photo: Robert Whyte

Juvenile, from above

There is sime purple in the black that hints at the colour of the spiderlings in the picture in the Wildlife Guide.

Photo: Robert Whyte

Juvenile, face on

Note the white stripe.

Photo: Robert Whyte

References

Australian Wildlife Guide: Spiders