Barrow Island Ground Spider
Genus 469 (BWI gen. 1)
FP-375 (BWI sp. 1)
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2005)
Fauna Portal species: 375
Genus 469 FP-375 male, dorsal (HBI N3385-12; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5617Diagnosis
Genus 469 FP-375 is a small, comparatively dark species. The genitalia of both males and females are distinctive: the retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male pedipalp is very long, longer than half the cymbium length and very narrow and pointy; the epigyne is diamond-shaped, with a distinct wrinkled scape the is widest towards its tip.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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