Main's Mouse Spider Missulena mainae Miglio, Harms, Framenau & Harvey, 2014
Fauna Portal species: 7636
Missulena mainae male, dorsal (WAm T96782; Cape Cuvier, Quobba Station, Western Australia)
Image: Miglio et al. (2014; fig. 1D)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5232Diagnosis
(after Miglio et al. 2014): Males of Missulena mainae differ from all other species by the uniformly red dorsal coloration of the carapace (pars cephalica and thoracica red). Males share with M. pinguipes the presence of a swollen metatarsus IV, but the character is less pronounced in M. mainae.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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