Squeezed Lamponega Lamponega forceps Platnick, 2000
Fauna Portal species: 7468
Lamponega forceps male, dorsal (HBI N29196-2; ca. 100 km W of Tom Price, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6239Diagnosis
(after Platnick 2000): The bizarre sternal modifications resemble those of L. serpentine but males differ in having the base of the embolus directed more to the side. The female of this species is unknown.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
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