capillatus Anatemnus capillatus Redfern, Cullen & Harvey, 2025
Fauna Portal species: 14321
Anatemnus capillatus male, dorsal (WAM T155157; Barrow Island, cave B5; Western Australia)
Image: Refern et al. (2025; 5a)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12346Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2025): Anatemnus capillatus can be distinguished from all epigean species of Anatemnus by the elongate appendages and pale colouration. It differs from the other subterranean species, including A. eminus, by the long and thin morphology of the pedipalpal patella, as well as having a larger number of setae on the pedipalps.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2025): Two new troglobitic species of the pseudoscorpion genus Anatemnus (Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae) from northwestern Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy. 97: 1 - 12DOI