Minderoo Prowling Spider Miturgopelma minderoo Raven, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 224
Miturgopelma minderoo male, dorsal (HBI N5481-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 817Diagnosis
(after Raven et al. 2023): Males differ from those of Miturgopelma bungabiddy in the retralateral tibial apophysis only about as long as the palpal tibia width, the median apophysis is shorter, pickaxe-like.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(2023): Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae). Zootaxa. 5358: 1 - 117DOI