Woodleigh Ground Spider Prodidomus woodleigh Platnick & Baehr, 2006
Fauna Portal species: 280
Prodidomus woodleigh male, pedipalp ventral
Image: Platnick & Baehr (2006; fig. 30)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1647Diagnosis
(after Platnick & Baehr 2006): Males of Prodidomus woodleigh resemble those of P. beattyi but have a shorter embolus; females also resemble those of P. beattyi but have more highly convoluted lateral epigynal ducts.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2006): A revision of the Australian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 1 - 287