Danilo's Goblin Spider Opopaea harmsi Baehr & Harvey, 2013
Fauna Portal species: 249
Opopaea harmsi male, dorsal (WAM T84442; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Baehr et al. (2013; fig. 121A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7779Diagnosis
(after Baehr & Harvey 2013): Males and females of Opopaea harmsi resemble those of O. pallida in general body shape, scutopedicel region about diameter of pedicel and paired scutal ridges weak, not connected. Males similarly have the palpal tip narrow with prolateral ridge, but can be recognised by the more elongated palpal bulb and tip with semicircular ridge (prolateral view). In females the epigastric area in ventral view has epigastric fold (EF) posterior margin straight with small median knob.
Within the context of the oonopid fauna of Barrow Island, O. harmsi is most similar to O. callani and O. johannae due to the elongated abdomen. Opopaea harmsi is less shiny than O. callani and the sternum does not protrude as far posteriorly. Males of O. harmsi are best differentiated from thos of O. johannae by the apically narrower pedipalp, which is the distinctly terminally 'lapped' in O. johannae.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2013): The goblin spider genus Opopaea in Australia and the Pacific islands (Araneae: Oonopidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 58: 107 - 338