Species Delena spenceri (Hogg, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eodelena spenceri Hogg, H.R. 1903. On the Australiasian spiders of the subfamily Sparassinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 414-466 [464].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.144 1 immature male, King Island, Bass Strait, Australia [39°55'S, 144°00'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Delena spenceri (Hogg, 1903). —
  Agnarsson, I. & Rayor, L.S. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the Australian huntsman spiders (Sparassidae, Deleninae): Implications for taxonomy and social behaviour. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 895-905

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

TAS: King Island, Bass Strait; Blackmans Bay; Hermit Valley; Lake St. Clair, Taroona, Trevallyn (Launceston).

Further material labelled as being from Adelaide is held at the South Australian Museum, Adelaide (SAMA N1989575–8), but it is considered as also originating from Tasmania as the locality of Adelaide is typed on a separate label while the handwritten label with the date and collection is similar to that of the Blackmans Bay specimens.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	SPARASSIDAE Bertkau, 1872	06-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)