Leni's Mouse Spider Missulena leniae Miglio, Harms, Framenau & Harvey, 2014
Fauna Portal species: 7635
Missulena leniae male, dorsal (WAM T96784; Nanga Station, Western Australia)
Image: Miglio et al. (2014; fig. 1C)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5221Diagnosis
(after Miglio et al. 2014): Males of Missulena leniae differ from other small species (carapace < 4 mm) without red colouration on chelicerae and carapace by the weak rastellum without conical spines (elevated and with conical spines in M. faulderi, M. melissae and M. rutraspina), the presence of granulations on carapace and chelicerae (except M. pinguipes and M. torbayensis), the presence of long setae on the chelicerae (absent in M. faulderi, M. melissae and M. rutraspina), patella III with rasps (all patellae in M. torbayensis), pars cephalica dark brown (black in M. dipsaca) and abdomen with metallic blue lines (lacking in M. dipsaca). Females of M. leniae are unknown.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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