Brush-footed Trapdoor Spider Synothele butleri Raven, 1994
Fauna Portal species: 5301
Diagnosis
Synothele butleri was originally described based on a male collected on Barrow Island (Western Australia). A recently female collected on Barrow Island was identified as Synothele 'MYG335' by the Western Australian Museum based on molecular data and examination of males of that species are consistent with the original description of S. butleri.
Synothele butleri is characterised by a distinct apico-prolateral spur on the tibia of leg I. There are similar undescribed species in the Pilbara (i.e. Synothele FP-11281) but they generally have less than three prolateral tibial spines on leg I in addition to very subtle differences of the pedipalp bulb.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1994): Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 291 - 706