Barrow Island Swift Spider
Nyssus
FP-11735 (albopunctatus gp; Barrow Island)
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 11735
Nyssus FP-11735 male, dorsal (HBI N15392-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5128Diagnosis
Nyssus FP-11735 is consistently larger than N. albopunctatus and differs in details of the embolus, specifically the basal ridges of the embolus spiral are broader and more parallel.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2015): A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa. 3958: 1 - 258