Northern Poltys Poltys illepidus C.L. Koch, 1843
Fauna Portal species: 5308
Poltys illepidus female, lateral (HBI N15961-31; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3122Diagnosis
(after Smith 2006): Females: From other species groups by fan-shaped epigyne, broad, low, darkly coloured carapace, no or little broadening of front femora and relatively broad, rounded abdomen. From P. stygius: epigynal foveae relatively narrow and often boomerang-shaped; posterior lobes of spermathecae often visible level with or distal to the margin of the epigynal furrow in posterior view. Males: From other species groups except some P. laciniosus-group specimens by short, poorly defined eye tubercle, from P. laciniosus-group by presence of a terminal apophysis in palpal organ. From P. stygius: difficult without direct comparison, but P. illepidus have a shorter, more sharply curved embolus and a shorter conductor.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- New South Wales
- Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2006): A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 58: 43 - 96