Barrow Island Forsterina
Forsterina
FP-180 (BWI sp. 1)
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2007)
Fauna Portal species: 180
Forsterina FP-180 male, dorsal (HBI N15496-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4413Diagnosis
Forsterina FP-180 differs from the second common species on Barrow Island, Forsterina FP-181, by the carapace and abdominal colouration (the former with broad light lateral bands present), but also distinctly by the shape of male and female genitalia.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
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