Hermit Huntsman Spider Heteropoda hermitis (Hogg, 1914)
Fauna Portal species: 315
Heteropoda hermitis male, dorsal (HBI N3105-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15067Diagnosis
(after Davies 1994): Large species, male embolus arising antero-retrolaterally giving tegulum a kidney-shape; median septum of epigyne roundest posteriorly, insemination ducts with 3.5 coils.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1994): The huntsman spiders Heteropoda Latreille and Yiinthi gen. nov. (Araneae: Heteropodidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 75 - 122WEB