Large Prostheclina Prostheclina amplior Richarson & Żabka, 2007
Fauna Portal species: 8779
Prostheclina amplior male, dorsal (HBI N35265-4; Mooraback Camp, Werrikimbe National Park, New South Wales)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12207Diagnosis
(after Richardson and Żabka 2007): White scales on cephalothorax and around eyes, no clypeal mat of hairs (separating it from P. pallida), square brown end to abdomen, male copulatory organs without well-developed prolateral distal tegular lobe (separating it from P. basilonesa), female copulatory organs with proximal seminal ducts coiled anterior to spermatheca (separating it from P. basilonesa and P. pallida).
Of all Prostheclina treated in Richardson and Żabka (2007), this is most likely P. amplior due to the strong finges of setae on tibia I in males, although other aspects of the species description do not match.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2007): A revision of the Australian jumping spider genus Prostheclina Keyserling, 1892 (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 59: 79 - 96WEB