Subterranean Money Spider
Laperousea
FP-11029
Discoverer: V.W. Fraemenau (2021)
Fauna Portal species: 11029
Laperousea FP-11029 juvenile, dorsal (HBI25794-1)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1253Diagnosis
This species has been found in troglofauna traps in the Western Australian Pilbara region and was, based on conspecific COI data, identified as the same as Laperousea sp. GH58 (GenBank KY017770) from south-western Western Australia. It may be Laperousea blattifera or L. quindecimpunctata, currently the only species of the genus on mainland Australia.
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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