Family Nicodamidae, known commonly as the Red and Black Spider. This may be genus Ambicodamus (yet to be confirmed). The spider was observed in a coastal spotted gum forest area at Wallaga Lake, NSW in the Far South Coast.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Nicodamidae
- Genus: Ambicodamus
Footnote & References
- Red and Black Spider, Photographs © Deb Taylor
- Nicodamidae Simon, 1898, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/dc0091cc-2eb8-4d46-ad6a-f2257e1af530
- Ambicodamus Harvey, 1995, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/104ddcc9-45ee-41a2-b8a2-8a427f4be26e
- Red-and-black Spider Nicodamus peregrinus, debtaylor142, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/135358925
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