Barrow Island Minute Clasping Spider
Mysmena
FP-2795
Discoverer: P.R. Langlands (2015)
Fauna Portal species: 2795
Mysmena FP-2795 male, dorsal (HBI N196-4; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7454Diagnosis
Mysmena FP-2795 is the only species of the genus on the Fauna Portal. It is similar to M. leichhardti, but the embolus is shorter and kinked distally.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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