Barrow Island Ground Spider
Genus 507 (BWI gen. 6)
FP-3673 (BWI sp. 4)
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 3673
Genus 507 FP-3673 male, dorsal (HBI N29528-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5507Diagnosis
Genus 507 FP-3673 is superficially similar to Genus 507 FP-209 based on size and colouration, but genital morphology is distinctly different. Particularly prominent is the blade like apophysis of the male of Genus 507 FP-3673 in retrolateral view. The female epigyne of Genus 507 FP-3673 has a raised median band in the atrium, absent in Genus 507 FP-209.
Males and females have not been found together and have here been match up based on general morphology taking the limited number of ground spider species on Barrow Island into account.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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