Barrow Island Holoplatys
Holoplatys
FP-11668
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal species: 11668
Holoplatys FP-11668 male, dorsal (HBI N27776-3; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3800Diagnosis
The inclusion of this species into Holoplatys is tentative as the embolus originates prolaterally on the pedipalp, whereas Żabka's (1991) review shows them originating retrolaterally.
There are at least four species of Holoplatys on Barrow Island, of which Holoplatys FP-11668 males differ by the leg colouration; in contrast to Holoplatys FP-295, which has all legs yellow, the first pair is black in Holoplatys FP-11668. It is also the only species on Barrow Island with transverse light bands on carapace and abdomen.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1991): Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, V. Genus Holoplatys Simon, 1885. Records of the Australian Museum. 43: 171 - 240