Saaristo's Goblin Spider Pelicinus saaristoi Ott & Harvey, 2008
Fauna Portal species: 255
Pelicinus saaristoi male, dorsal (HBI N4986-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7727Diagnosis
(after Ott & Harvey, 2008): Pelicinus saaristoi differs from all other members of the genus Pelicinus by the body covered with stout pinnate setae; by the narrow dorsal scutum, covering 1/2 to 3/ 4 of abdomen width, and by the presence of a stout, spurlike disto-lateral process on the fang base.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2008): A new species of Pelicinus from Barrow Island, Western Australia (Araneae: Oonopidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 17: 81 - 85