Australian Huntsman SpiderImage Index Huntsman and Ticks Delena cancerides Holconia immanis Isopeda brachyseta Isopedella inola Isopedella leai Neosparassus calligaster Neosparassus diana Neosparassus patellatus
The species Isopedella leai spider is part of the Australian Huntsman Spiders group belonging to the family Sparassidae. They are usually a light brown in colour with banding on the legs and has a spotted abdomen. In the images presented in Atlas of Living Australia, there does seem to be some variation from the light brown to dark brown forms of Isopedella leai.
Commonly known as the Cinnamon Huntsman, it is a medium sized species of huntsman that can often be found in eucalypt forests, especially around Adelaide region of South Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Sparassidae
- Genus: Isopedella
- Species: Isopedella leai
Footnote & References
- Isopedella leai, Belair National Park SA, Photographs © Marianne Broug, Marianne Broug photography, https://www.mariannebrougphotography.com/
- Cinnamon Huntsman (Isopedella leai), mariannebroug, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/136775954
- Many thanks to Ben Kurek for ID, iNaturalistAU
- Isopedella leai (Hogg, 1903), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/217464de-b032-4b88-849a-5eab1c6d9e63
Australian Huntsman SpiderImage Index Huntsman and Ticks Delena cancerides Holconia immanis Isopeda brachyseta Isopedella inola Isopedella leai Neosparassus calligaster Neosparassus diana Neosparassus patellatus
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