Pelicinus_saaristoi_N4986-1_male_habitus_dorsal.jpg

Pelicinus saaristoi was the 800th species of spider on the Fauna Portal

  • Fauna Portal All

We are continuing to upload spider and beetle species from Barrow Island. We now have 800 species of spiders from all over Australia on the Fauna…

Read more
Tetralycosa_orariola_T62787_male_habitus_dorsal.jpg

Milestone: The 500th species of spider was uploaded to the Fauna Portal today: Tetralycosa orariola!!

  • Fauna Portal All

We have now 500 species of spiders on the Fauna Portal and with that most Araneidae and Lycosidae with modern taxonomic treatments.

Read more
Venatrix_australiensis_KS69846_male_habitus_dorsal.jpg

Fauna Portal now contains 300 spider species!

  • Fauna Portal All

Today we have uploaded the 300th spider species to the Fauna Portal: Venatrix australiensis!

Read more
VWF21054_m_pedipalp_1_01.jpg

Fauna Portal launched at ECA on 5 September 2022!

  • Fauna Portal All

The Fauna Portal Australia was launched on 5 September 2022 during the European Congress of Arachnology in Greifswald/Germany.

Read more