Pilbara Long-spinneret Bark Spider
Tamopsis
FP-14881
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal species: 14881
Tamopsis FP-14881 female, dorsal (HBI N38273-2; ca. 75 km NW. of Tom Price, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14296Diagnosis
Tamopsis FP-14881 females differ distinctly from other species of the genus on the Fauna Portal by the shape of the epigyne, which is very indistinct and poorly sclerotised.
This may be one of the descibed species in the genus pending review of specimens in the collection of the Harry Butler Institute.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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