(after Tanasevitch & Stenchly 2012): Australophantes is characterized by the peculiar structure of its epigyne, notably by the modified distal part of the scape: lateral lobes transformed into elongated pipes, terminating in a funnel-shaped bursa copulatrix; by the presence of a pair of flat lobes instead of a stretcher; as well as by the absence of a posterior median plate. The male is characterized by the hummingbird-beak-shaped distal suprategular apophysis, by the peculiar and complex shape of the embolus, as well as by the absence of the Fickert’s gland in the embolic division.
The specific structure of the distal part of the scape in Australophantes has no analogues in known Micronetinae. The relatives of this genus should be expected to occur in the Australian and Pacific regions.