Nyangumarta Flattie Karaops nyangumarta Crews, 2013
Fauna Portal species: 8947
Karaops nyangumarta male, dorsal (WAM T117875; 98.5 km of Newman, Western Australia)
Image: Crews (2023; fig. 61B)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7050Diagnosis
(after Crews 2023): Karaops nyangumarta can be differentiated by the two oblong depressions toward the posterior where the copulatory openings are located on the epigyne. The endogyne differs by having fully sclerotized copulatory ducts, the copulatory ducts fold back on themselves rather than out to the sides, the ducts are narrow and short, the accessory bulbs are quite large and oval (erroneously labeled as spermathecae in Crews (2013)) and do not extend anteriorly of the spermathecae. The diagnosis of the male has been emended because of its similarity to the previously undescribed male of Karaops banyjima. Both K. banyjima and K. nyangumarta have a very large tegular lobe, but they can be easily separated by the median apophysis. In K. nyangumarta, there are many small spinules at the base, whereas there are none in K. banyjima.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2013): Thirteen new species of the spider genus Karaops (Araneae: Selenopidae) from Western Australia. Zootaxa. 3647: 443 - 469
(2023): But wait, there’s more! Descriptions of new species and undescribed sexes of flattie spiders (Araneae, Selenopidae, Karaops) from Australia. ZooKeys. 1150: 1 - 189WEB