Mark Newton's Jotus Jotus newtoni Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019
Fauna Portal species: 8593
Jotus newtoni male, dorsal (QM S108794; Lake Broadwater, Queensland)
Image: Baehr et al. (2019; fig. 11A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5739Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2019): Males of Jotus newtoni differ from congeners by the pale-coloured body and pale legs with only a fringe of long, dark setae at leg I; prosoma with a broad lateral band and two broad central bands of white setae; embolic disc broad at base, nearly circular with small u-shaped indention prolaterally; and embolus accompanied by a slim, semicircular conductor.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
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