Valencia Creek Hestimodema
Hestimodema
FP-14879
Discoverer: R.J. Raven (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 14879
Hestimodema FP-14879 male, dorsal (HBI N17838-2; Avon River near Valencia Creek, Victoria)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14287Diagnosis
Male Hestimodema FP-14879 differ from the other species of the genus on the Fauna Portal, Hestimodema FP-6425 by the shape of the conductor, which is strongly sclerotise S-shaped in the latter, but not so in Hestimodema FP-14879. The female was in very poor condition and only the epigyne is illustrated here, but conspecifity is not clear.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Victoria
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