Lychas bituberculatus complex
Lychas
FP-409
Discoverer: E.S. Volschenk
Fauna Portal species: 409
Lychas FP-409 male, dorsal (HBI N32904-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12451Diagnosis
Lychas FP-409 is the only species of Lychas of the bituberculatus-complex on Barrow Island. Pending molecular analyses of specimens from the island, this may turn out conspecific with one of the mainland species of the complex.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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