Slater Buddelundia FP-2670 (BWI sp. 3)

Discoverer: S. Judd (2013)

(after Judd & Perina 2013): This is an undescribed species that occurs throughout the coastal parts of the western Pilbara. The principal diagnostic characters are: frontal shield divided into upper and lower sections by a transverse groove; prominent sulcus arcuatus on pereonite 1; pleonite 3 without interlocking lobes; protuberances above the clypeus in males; and outer lobe of the schisma on the posterior corner of pereonite 1 slightly projected backwards and longer than inner lobe. The species shows affinities with B. bipartita occurring between Denham and Geraldton, B. cinerascens from Rottnest Island and B. inaequalis from Fremantle. All these species need to be revised in detail to obtain a better understanding of their taxonomic status and distribution.

• Western Australia