Barrow Island Heckle-mesh Weaver
Genus 468 (BWI gen. 1)
FP-285 (BWI sp. 1)
Discoverer: J.M. Waldoch (2012)
Fauna Portal species: 285
Genus 468 sp. 285 male, dorsal (HBI N15850-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4596Diagnosis
Genus 468 sp. 285 has so far only been found on Barrow Island is the most common dictynid there. Males differ from the second species in the genus, Genus 468 sp. 194, by the much thinner embolus and a shorter tibial spur.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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