Madura Garden Orb-weaver Hortophora FP-12282

Discoverer: V.W. Framenau, P.deS. Castaneira, R.E.C. Baptista (2023)

The female of Hortophora FP-12282 is very similar to H. walesiana and may eventually turn out to be the same species. Two arguments warrant listing it as new species pending molecular comparison of both species or examining the currently unknown male: the epigyne edges are much stronger than in H. walesiana and the species was found much outside the range of H. walesiana.

• native

• Western Australia