Stuart Range Crevice Weaver Wandella stuartensis Gray, 1994
Fauna Portal species: 7089
Wandella stuartensis male, dorsal (HBI N28455-20; Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6128Diagnosis
(after Gray 1994): Legs long in male, tibia 1 twice as long as carapace. Male palp similar to W. murrayensis, but tibia shorter. Abdomen with strongly banded dorsal pattern. Females (after Magalhães 2016) can be distinguished by the combination of the following: the enlarged, usually longer than wide, bases of the spermathecae; the lack of a clear distinction between the base and the inner spermathecae; and the rounded outer spermathecae, on the top of a short, laterally directed stalk.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1994): A review of the filistatid spiders (Araneae: Filistatidae) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 46: 39 - 61
(2016): On new or poorly known Australian Filistatidae spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae), including a study on the fine morphology of Wandella. Journal of Natural History. 50: 1815 - 1858DOI