Armed Asadipus Asadipus phaleratus (Simon, 1909)
Fauna Portal species: 215
Asadipus phaleratus male, dorsal (HBI N18877-1; 50 km SSW Millstream Homestead, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6151Diagnosis
(after Platnick 2000): Males of Asadipus phaleratus resemble those of the sometimes sympatric A. barlee but have a longer embolus that almost reaches the retrolateral side of the cymbium; females have relatively indistinct, v-shaped epigynal margins and obliquely oriented anterior ducts.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2000): A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 245: 1 - 330