Isopeda villosa

Isopeda villosa
Isopeda villosa (adult female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Section: Entelegynae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Isopeda
Species: I. villosa
Binomial name
Isopeda villosa
L. Koch, 1875

Isopeda villosa is a species of huntsman spider native to New South Wales, Australia, and possibly established in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2] It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[1]

Gallery

Juvenile I. villosa 
Eyes of female I. villosa, from front 
Eyes of juvenile I. villosa, from top 
Epigyne of I. villosa 
Isopeda villosa discarding its old exoskeleton (1 of 4) 
Isopeda villosa discarding its old exoskeleton (2 of 4) 
Isopeda villosa discarding its old exoskeleton (3 of 4) 
Isopeda villosa discarding its old exoskeleton (4 of 4) 

References

  1. 1 2 Platnick, Norman I. (22 May 2012). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 13.0. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. OCLC 45039527. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Hirst, David B.; Waldock, Julianne M.; Bennett, Shaun J.; Hall, Grace (September 2006). Framenau, Volker, ed. "The Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) of New Zealand" (PDF). Australasian Arachnology (Australia: Australasian Arachnological Society) (75): 11–13. ISSN 0811-3696. OCLC 24764624. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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