Barrow Island Ground Spider
Genus 507 (BWI gen. 6)
FP-210 (BWI sp. 2)
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2007)
Fauna Portal species: 210
Genus 507 FP-210 male, dorsal (HBI N4311-5; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5501Diagnosis
This is a medium-sized, lightly coloured ground spider and therefore of different colouration to other species in Genus 507. The epigyne has a scape, the male pedipalp structure is distinctive on Barrow Island.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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