Anatemnus capillatus Anatemnus capillatus Redfern, Cullen & Harvey, 2025
Fauna Portal species: 14321Diagnosis
(after Harvey et al. 2025): Anatemnus capillatus can be distinguished from all epigean species of Anatemnus by the elongate appendages and pale colouration. It differs from the other subterranean species, including A. eminus, by the long and thin morphology of the pedipalpal patella, as well as having a larger number of setae on the pedipalps.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Appearance
Body pale yellow pink, carapace and pedipalps much darker than the abdomen and red brown in colouration, legs pale yellow-pink colour.
Distribution
Anatemnus capillatus has only been found in a single cave in Barrow Island.
Publications
Redfern GC, Cullen KL, Harvey MS (2025): Two new troglobitic species of the pseudoscorpion genus Anatemnus (Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae) from northwestern Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy. 97: 1 - 12DOI