Minute Cob-web Spider
Genus 498 (BWI genus 3)
FP-416
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2007)
Fauna Portal species: 416
Genus 498 FP-416 male, dorsal (HBI N15386-3; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8747Diagnosis
These small spiders are currently only known from Barrow Island and represent the only species in Genus 498.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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