Barrow Island Minute Clasping Spider Mysmena FP-2795
Discoverer: P.R. Langlands (2015)

Fauna Portal species: 2795
Family: Mysmenidae


FP-2795

Mysmena FP-2795 male, dorsal (HBI N196-4; Barrow Island, Western Australia)

Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)

Fauna Portal Image No. 7454

Diagnosis

Mysmena FP-2795 is the only species of the genus on the Fauna Portal. It is similar to M. leichhardti, but the embolus is shorter and kinked distally.

Status

  • native

Fauna Portal Reference

1 ♂
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Harry Butler Institute
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N196-4
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28 June 2015
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island, Production Village
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window trap

Australia

  • Western Australia

Volker Framenau, 31 January 2024