Barrow Island Ground Spider
Genus 469 (BWI gen. 1)
FP-198 (BWI sp. 6)
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2007)
Fauna Portal species: 198
Genus 469 FP-198 male, dorsal (HBI N3455-72; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5606Diagnosis
Genus 469 FP-198 is a small, uniformly yellowish species with widely spaced and comparatively small and round posterior median eyes. The retrolateral apophysis of the male pedipalp is very short and the spermduct appears very distinct through the tegulum and is U-shaped. The female of this species is currently not known.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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