Waldock's Crevice Weaver Wandella waldockae Gray, 1994
Fauna Portal species: 187
Wandella waldockae male, dorsal (HBI N15374-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7476Diagnosis
(after Gray 1994): Small spiders; male pedipalp with erect, 'sail-like' paraembolic lamina above embolus; pedipalp tibia short.
(after Magalhaes 2016): Females can be distinguished by the combination of widened and triangular bases of the spermathecae and inner spermathecae positioned laterally (rather than anteriorly) to the outer spermathecae (see Magalhaes 2016 for illustrations of internal female genitalia not illustrated here).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1994): A review of the filistatid spiders (Araneae: Filistatidae) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 46: 39 - 61
(2016): On new or poorly known Australian Filistatidae spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae), including a study on the fine morphology of Wandella. Journal of Natural History. 50: 1815 - 1858DOI