Leafy Lampona Lampona foliifera Simon, 1908
Fauna Portal species: 7433
Lampona foliifera female, dorsal (HBI N25390-1; Lake Lefroy, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6249Diagnosis
(after Platnick 2000): Lampona foliifera seems to be the western sister species of L. ruida, but can be distinguished by the absence of a subbasal knob on the male pedipalp femur and the much narrower female epigynal fossa.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2000): A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 245: 1 - 330