Nanga Station Celaenia
Celaenia
FP-11886
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock, V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 11886
Celaenia FP-11886 male, dorsal (WAM T160194; Nanga Station, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5445Diagnosis
Pedipalp morphology of Celaenia FP-11886 is very similar to that of C. excavata as illustrated in Levi (1996), but the embolus is less curved and the terminal apophysis more elongate. It is possible that this is one of the described Celaenia pending a revision of the genus in Australia.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Similar Species
Publications
(1996): The genus Taczanowskia of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae (Araneae). Anales del Instituto Biológico de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoologia. 67: 183 - 195