Barrow Island Cryptoerithus Cryptoerithus FP-276
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2006)

Fauna Portal species: 276
Family: Gnaphosidae


FP-276

Cryptoerithus FP-276 female, dorsal (HBI N30423-32; Barrow Island, Western Australia)

Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)

Fauna Portal Image No. 6246

Diagnosis

Cryptoerithus FP-276 is only known from Barrow Island and there most similar to C. occultus. Females can be separated from this species by the much more curved median ridges of the epigyne. The species is as such similar to C. lawlessi as illustrated in Platnick and Baehr (2006), which is onlyknown from Queensland. The male of this species is unknown.

Status

  • native

Fauna Portal Reference

1 ♀
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Harry Butler Institute
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N30423-32
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19 January 2023
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island
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UV light trap

Australia

  • Western Australia

Fauna Portal Records

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Publications

Platnick NI, Baehr BC (2006): A revision of the Australian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 1 - 287


Volker Framenau, 10 August 2023