Davies' White-tailed Spider Lamponata daviesae Platnick, 2000
Fauna Portal species: 7466
Lamponata daviesae female, dorsal (HBI N18831-1; 114 km NNW of Newman, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6212Diagnosis
(after Platnick 2000): The only taxa that could be confused with this species are males of the Lampona cylindrata group, which have a similarly long retrolateral tibial apophysis but have a basally protruding palpal bulb.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- 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