Pilbara Swift Spider
Nyssus
FP-11734 (albopunctatus gp; Pilbara)
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 11734
Nyssus FP-11734 male, dorsal (HBI N18717-1; 110 km NNE of Newman, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5121Diagnosis
Males of Nyssus FP-11734 differs distinctly from other species in the albopunctatus-group by the narrow base of the embolus that is centrally double-ridged.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2015): A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa. 3958: 1 - 258