Barbara's Termite Hunter Austrammo barbaramarksae Framenau, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 11160
Austrammobarbaramarksae male, dorsal (WAM T160691, Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1792Diagnosis
(after Framenau 2023): Both males and females of Austrammo barbaramarksae are most similar to those of A. rossi. The male pedipalp differs from that of A. rossi in a number of key sclerites; for example, the subtegulum is longer in A. rossi and the spermophor visible through the tegulum is bent tighter in A. rossi but at the same time reaches less far basally than that of A. barbaramarksae, and the embolus tip is much broader in the new species. The epigyne of females differs particularly in the shape of the anterior hood, which is U-shaped in A. rossi and in that species, its edges connect to the anterior parts of the epigyne. In contrast, the hood of A. barbaramarksae forms an obtuse angle and its edges do not connect to the anterior edges of the epigyne.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(2023): A new species in the ground spider genus Austrammo from Barrow Island, Western Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy. 27: 1 - 6DOI
(2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1 - 243