Salt-loving Wolf Spider Tetralycosa halophila Framenau & Hudson, 2017
Fauna Portal species: 7753
Tetralycosa halophila male, dorsal (SAM NN21734; Lake Everard, South Australia)
Image: Framenau & Hudson (2017; fig. 26A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4858Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Hudson 2017): The male of T. halophila differs from all other species of Tetralycosa by protrusion on the retrolateral part of the tegulum that opposes the tip of the tegular apophysis. This protrusion is rounded in T. halophila, whereas it is pointy in all other species of Tetralycosa. Females cannot be separated with certainty from other species in the eyrei-group (adarca, eyrei, halophila, williamsi).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
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