Unknown corinnid species

Fact Box Species: Unknown corinnid species (as identified by Dr R Raven, Qld. Mus.) Previous species name: None Family: Corinnidae Body length: female: 15-25 mm male: perhaps 15 mm Habitat: Usually under logs or in leaf litter in eucalypt forests Toxicity: Unknown; the adult is a relatively large and mobile spider which should be treated with caution

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This species is not normally seen in association with any kind of insect-trapping web but behaves as a vagrant that ambushes insects. Distinguishing features of this spider are its overall body shape and colour pattern and its relatively long, slender, somewhat spiny legs with one unusually large claw at the ends of Legs I and II.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Many of the larger wolf spiders (lycosid species) as well as some species from other spider families that have a similar body shape.