Common Heckle-mesh Weaver
Dictynidae gen. indet.
FP-202
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2008)
Fauna Portal species: 202
Dictynidae gen. indet. FP-202 male, dorsal (N3664-7; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4611Diagnosis
Males of Dictynidae FP-202 is easily distinguished by the basal spiral-shaped process on the pedipalp bulp. The female epigyne is poorly developed, but two small, close spermathecae can be seen through the integument.
The species is also distinctly dark with a pale leaf-shaped pattern on the posterior part of the abdomen.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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