Tasmomedes

Tasmomedes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dolomedidae
Genus:	Tasmomedes Raven, 2018
Species:	T. eberhardarum
Binomial name
Tasmomedes eberhardarum (Strand, 1913)
Synonyms [1]
Dolomedes eberhardarumStrand, 1913

Tasmomedes is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Dolomedidae containing only the species Tasmomedes eberhardarum. It is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in Victoria and Tasmania.

Taxonomy

Dolomedes eberhardarum was described by Embrik Strand in 1913 based on a male type specimen collected in Victoria. ^[2] In a 2018 review of the family Pisauridae, Robert Raven erected the new genus Tasmomedes for this species, combining it as Tasmomedes eberhardarum. It is the only species in the genus. The name Tasmomedes is a combination of the words Tasmania and Dolomedes, referring to the former placement of T. eberhardarum in Dolomedes and to its presence on the island of Tasmania. ^[3] The type specimen is stored in the collection of the Museum Wiesbaden in Germany. ^[4]

Tasmomedes was placed in the family Pisauridae upon its initial description, but would be transferred to the family Dolomedidae in 2025. ^{[1] [5]}

Distribution and habitat

Tasmomedes eberhardarum is known only from Victoria and Tasmania. In Tasmania it has been found in buttongrass moorland where no flowing water is present. ^[3]

References

1. "Gen. Tasmomedes Raven, 2018". World Spider Catalog . Version 25.5. Bern, Switzerland: Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
2. Strand, Embrik (1913). "Drei neue Spinnen von Victoria in Australien". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde (in German). 66: 207–209 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Raven, R. J.; Hebron, W. (2018). "A review of the water spider family Pisauridae in Australia and New Caledonia with descriptions of four new genera and 23 new species". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 60: 233–381. doi: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2018.2017-06 .
4. "Tasmomedes eberhardarum (Strand, 1913)". World Spider Catalog . Version 25.5. Bern, Switzerland: Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
5. Morris, Sarah A.; Hazzi, Nicolas A.; Hormiga, Gustavo (2025). "Molecular phylogenetics of nursery web spiders (Araneae: Pisauridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 203: 108247. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108247.