A slender spider with forward pointing chelicerae, or jaws, in rainforest from South East Queensland to the far north. Closely related to Cheiracanthium, but with noticeably longer metatarsi. ♀ 9mm ♂ 8mm
- Male adult
- Adult male 4801
- Adult male 4801 closer from above
- Adult male 6336
- Adult male 6336 closer
- Juvenile
- Female
- Juvenile (penultimate male)
- References
Male adult
Photo: Jürgen Haiderm Springbrook Mountain, Gold Coast hinterland
Adult male 4801
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda
Adult male 4801 closer from above
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda
Adult male 6336
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda
Adult male 6336 closer
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House Kuranda
Juvenile
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Cassowary House, Kuranda
Female
Photo: Dr Robert Raven Queensland Museum
Juvenile (penultimate male)
Photo: Dr Greg Anderson Mapleton Falls, South East Queensland
References
- Raven & Stumkat 2003 - PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE SPIDER FAMILIES MITURGIDAE, CTENIDAE AND PSECHRIDAE (ARANEAE) IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Robert J. Raven and Kylie Stumkat, 2003. The Journal of Arachnology 31:105-121
- Diaprograptinae Raven, 2009 - Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: IV. The spider subfamily
Diaprograptinae subfam. nov. (Araneomorphae: Miturgidae)