Iridescent Huntsman Spider Irileka iridescens Hirst, 1998
Fauna Portal species: 316
Irileka iridescens male, dorsal (HBI N25727-1)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1671Diagnosis
(after Hirst 1998): Male with iridescence on anterior of carapace, base of chelicerae, maxillae and coxae I; palpal tibial apophysis sickle-shaped; embolus thick at base then tapering to thin straight tip; conductor absent. Female with elongate fossa and widely separated spermathecal sacs.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1998): Irileka, a new heteropodine genus (Araneae: Heteropodidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 19: 141 - 144