Kimba Lamponella Lamponella kimba Platnick, 2000
Fauna Portal species: 7575
Lamponella kimba female, dorsal (HBI N18768-1; Marradong Forest Block; Western Australia
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6256Diagnosis
(after Platnick 2000): Males of Lamponella kimba can be recognized by the sinuous median apophysis and moderately long, triangular retrolateral tibial apophysis, females by the combined presence of an anteriorly depressed epigynum and laterally deflected anterior portions of the spermathecae.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2000): A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 245: 1 - 330