Barrow Island Eutittha
Eutittha
FP-4310 (BWI sp. 2)
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2007)
Fauna Portal species: 4310
Eutittha FP-4310 male, dorsal (HBI N26167-2; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3685Diagnosis
Eutittha FP-4310 differ from the other two species of the genus found on Barrow Island by being on average the smallest. Males differ from Eutittha FP-232 by the less sinuous retrolatral tibial apophysis and a comparatively shorter and smaller pedipalp. They differ from Eutittha FP-11661 by the more basal origin of the embolus. Females differ from Eutittha FP-232 by the lack of the transverse spermducts shining through anteriorly of the epigyne atrium.
This species seems closely related to Eutittha mordax originally described from Samoa, but later (Dondale 1966) reported from Canberra. It may represent the same species.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(1966): The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology. 14: 1157 - 1192