Nyssus coloripes (Spotted Ground Swift Spider)

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highly variable and forms a complex of closely related "species".
occurs widely in Australia (including Tasmania) and has also been found in New Zealand (introduced) but not yet on Norfolk, Lord Howe Island or New Caledonia.
diurnally active (i.e. daytime) on the ground in open forest or in open spaces near closed forest.

Defining combination of characteristics:

the distal half of femur through to the tarsus of leg I (often also leg II) is yellow, all other legs are dark brown or black.
typically, the carapace is orange brown with a narrow stripe of white hair medially and submarginally on each side.
the eyes are all of a similar size with the posterior row so strongly curved that the PME are in a separate row.
females:
- have a small triangular scute anterodorsally on the abdomen;
- anteriorly a rectangular medial band of white hair is followed by a pair of white spots, a chevron, a short hammerhead-shaped spot and a terminal spot;
- laterally, an anterior large rectangle is closely followed by 3-4 white spots, none of which intrude on the ventral face;
- the venter has a well-defined V of brown or darker brown.
male:
- the dorsal abdominal scute on the male covers from one-third to half of the abdomen.
- the pattern of dorsal abdomen of males may be quite reduced from females.