Barrow Island Ground Spider
Avstroneulanda
FP-331
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2005)
Fauna Portal species: 331
Avstroneulanda FP-331 male, dorsal (HBI N2663-2; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5594Diagnosis
Avstroneulanda FP-331 is probably most similar to A. robertsi (as illustrated in Zakharov and Ovtsharenko 2022), but differs distinctly in the longer retrolateral tibial apophysis and a lesser curved patellar apophysis.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2022): A revision of the ground spider genus Zelanda Özdikmen, 2009 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), with a description of a new genus from Australasia. Arachnology. 19 (Special Issue): 265 - 301