White Heckle-mesh Spider Callevophthalmus albus (Keyserling, 1890)
Fauna Portal species: 7072
Callevophthalmus albus female, dorsal
Image: Keyserling (1890; pl. 23, fig. 2)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4576Diagnosis
Callevophthalmus albidus is currently the only species of the genus on the Fauna Portal. There are no modern illustrations of the second Australian species of the genus, C. maculatus, availble in the public domain.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
- Tasmania
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1967): Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199 - 468