Cape Ground Spider Oreo capensis Platnick (2002)

Fauna Portal species: 189


capensis

Oreo capensis male, dorsal

Image:  McCaffrey, S. & Gibson, L. (2009) Gallieniellid Spider - Oreo capensis (Oreo capensis) Updated on 7/26/2010 10:28:02 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.

Fauna Portal Image No. 1730

Diagnosis

(after Platnick 2002): Males of O. capensis can be recognized by the combination of a relatively short embolus and a single retrolateral tibial apophysis, females by the y-shaped appearance of the posterior epigynal ducts.

Linnean Holotype

1 ♀
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Western Australian Museum
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99/409
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17 July 1991
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Australia
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Western Australia
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North-West Cape Peninsula, cave C-15

Australia

  • Western Australia

Publications

Platnick NI (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1 - 243


Volker Framenau, 04 August 2022