Monroe's Lynx Spider Hamataliwa monroei Grimshaw, 1989
Fauna Portal species: 8292
Hamataliwa monroei female, dorsal (HBI N2903-1; Sharp Peak, NW Kimberley, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8367Diagnosis
(after Grimshaw 1989): Hamataliwa monroei differs from other Australian Hamataliwa by the a tuft of silvery-white setae directed anteriorly from the ocular area.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
- Western Australia
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Publications
(1989): The genus Hamataliwa Keyserling (Araneae: Oxyopidae) in Australia with description of two new species. Australian Journal of Entomology. 28: 181 - 186