Boddington Money Spider
Australophantes
FP-12350
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 12350
Australophantes FP-12350 male, dorsal (HBI N26080-1; Forest block, N of Mount Saddleback, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6087Diagnosis
Australophantes FP-12350 differs from other species of the genus by the light lateral flanks of the abdomen.
The species is here tentatively included in Australophantes and may also be a member of Dunedinia, pending a generic revision of Australian Linyphiidae.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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