''Dolophones'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...
in 1837.
Species
it contains seventeen species:
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Dolophones bituberculata''
Lamb, 1911 – Australia (Queensland)
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Dolophones clypeata''
(L. Koch, 1871) – Indonesia (Moluccas), Australia
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Dolophones conifera''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Australia
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Dolophones elfordi''
Dunn & Dunn, 1946 – Australia (Victoria)
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Dolophones intricata''
Rainbow, 1915 – Australia (South Australia)
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Dolophones macleayi''
(Bradley
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, 1876) – Australia (Queensland)
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Dolophones mammeata''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Australia
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Dolophones maxima''
Hogg, 1900 – Australia (Victoria)
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Dolophones nasalis''
(Butler, 1876) – Australia (Queensland)
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Dolophones notacantha''
(Quoy & Gaimarg, 1824) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Dolophones peltata''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is.)
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Dolophones pilosa''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Australia
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Dolophones simpla''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Dolophones testudinea''
(L. Koch, 1871) – Australia, New Caledonia
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Dolophones thomisoides''
Rainbow, 1915 – Australia (South Australia)
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Dolophones tuberculata''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Dolophones turrigera''
(L. Koch, 1867) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
References
Araneidae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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