Desert Holoplatys Holoplatys desertina Żabka, 1991
Fauna Portal species: 293
Holoplatys desertina female, dorsal (WAM T99473; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Source: Sarah McCaffrey, Museums Victoria (www.padil.gov.au)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3813Diagnosis
(after Żabka, 1991): Abdomen of females wider than in other species, insemination ducts meandering. Male unknown.
The female illustrated here was found on Barrow Island with some distance to the other localities of the species and may also represent the female of Holoplatys FP-11671 (nr grassalis).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1991): Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, V. Genus Holoplatys Simon, 1885. Records of the Australian Museum. 43: 171 - 240