Woodleigh Ground Spider Prodidomus woodleigh Platnick & Baehr, 2006
Fauna Portal species: 280
Prodidomus woodleigh male, dorsal (HBI N26399-33; ca. 31 km NW. of Munjina, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8383Diagnosis
(after Platnick & Baehr 2006): Males of Prodidomus woodleigh resemble those of P. beattyi but have a shorter embolus; females also resemble those of P. beattyi but have more highly convoluted lateral epigynal ducts.
The male and female photographed here vary from the illustrations by Platnick and Bahr (2006). They are here considered P. woodleigh as they represent the only species of Prodidomus on Barrow Island and Platnick and Baehr (2006) have identified the Barrow Island species as P. woodleigh.
Both species should be reviewed to confirm its intraspecific variation.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2006): A revision of the Australian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 1 - 287