Megadolomedes
Sign in to saveMegadolomedes is a genus of spider in the family Dolomedidae found in Eastern Australia. They are found near creeks, streams, and ponds, and are capable of running on water. Their diet includes small fish, frogs, and aquatic insects.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Pisauridae
- Collections
- NMV, QM, AM, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Giant Water Spider (Megadolomedes australianus) Chatswood.JPG
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- taxon author citation
- Davies & Raven, 1980
- taxon name
- Megadolomedes
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Megadolomedes
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- Megadolomedes
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- Habitat and behaviour
- Distribution
- Species
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Megadolomedes is a genus of spider in the family Dolomedidae found in Eastern Australia. They are found near creeks, streams, and ponds, and are capable of running on water. Their diet includes small fish, frogs, and aquatic insects.
==Taxonomy== The genus was originally established by Davies and Raven in 1980, who transferred the type species Dolomedes australianus and diagnosed a new genus based on males from Queensland. The genus was originally placed in the family Pisauridae, but was later transferred to the Dolomedidae by Morris, Hazzi & Hormiga in 2025.
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