Lake Nundee Miturgopelma
Miturgopelma
FP-13416
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal species: 13416
Miturgopelma FP-13416 female, dorsal (HBI N32466-11; Lake Nundee, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11376Diagnosis
Few Miturgopelma species have been associated with described males. This female could not be identified based on Raven et al's (2023) revision of stripe-less miturgids. It is here listed as new species until the male for this species can be identified. The epigyne atrium is distinctly human skull-shaped in outline.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2023): Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae). Zootaxa. 5358: 1 - 117DOI