Leucauge dromedaria
| Humped silver orb spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Leucauge |
| Species: | L. dromedaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucauge dromedaria (Thorell, 1842)
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Leucauge dromedaria, the humped silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders. A medium to large sized orb weaving spider, with a body length up to 15 mm long (female). Male to 6 mm. This species has a second pair of "humps" on the abdomen. Found in Australia, some south Pacific Islands and New Zealand. [1][2][3]
References[]
- ^ "Leucauge dromedaria (Thorell, 1881) Humped Silver Orb Spider". Arachne.org.au. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Leucauge dromedaria (Thorell, 1881)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Ron Atkinson. "Leucauge dromedaria". Find A Spider Guide. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
Categories:
- Leucauge
- Spiders described in 1842
- Spiders of Australia
- Spiders of New Zealand
- Tetragnathidae stubs