Western Australian Miturgopelma Miturgopelma woz Raven (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 12599
Miturgopelma woz male, dorsal (HBI N5360-10; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7351Diagnosis
(after Raven et al. 2023): Males differ from those of Miturgopelma echinoides in the more distal origin of the embolus, the longer median apophysis, and the absence of the extensive unsclerotised area forming the shelf.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2023): Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae). Zootaxa. 5358: 1 - 117DOI