Cape Range Harvestman Dampetrus isolatus Shear, 2001

Fauna Portal species: 11351
Family: Assamiidae


isolatus

Dampetrus isolatus male, dorsal (WAM T40676)

Image: Shear (2002; fig. 1)

Fauna Portal Image No. 2277

Diagnosis

(after Shear 2001) Dampetrus isolatus differs from previously described species of the genus in the strong mesolateral spines of the palpal patella. While these spines are present on some other Dampetrus, they are only about one-third the size of those of the new species.

Australia

  • Western Australia

Publications

Shear WA (2001): Two new cave-dwelling harvestmen from Western Australia (Arachnida: Opiliones: Assamiidae and "Phalangodidae"). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 64: 153 - 158


Volker Framenau, 18 December 2021