Barrow Island Lamponella
Lamponella
FP-219
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2006)
Fauna Portal species: 219
Lamponella FP-219 male, dorsal (HBI N15563-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6229Diagnosis
Lamponella FP-219 is characterised by the simple apical section of the male pedipalp with an indistinct median apophysis compared to all other species of the genus as illustrated in Platnick (2000). It is currently only known from Barrow Island (Western Australia) and there the only species of Lamponella.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
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