Saunders Huntsman Spider Isopedella saundersi (Hogg, 1903)
Fauna Portal species: 9050
Isopedella saundersi female, dorsal (HBI N31118-10; Fowlers Bay, Conservation Reserve north, South Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15218Diagnosis
(after Hirst 1993): Sternum black. Coxae IV lack black setae ventrally. Anterior femora with yellow-white spots ventrally, abdomen with yellow-white badge marking ventrally and yellow-white spots on laterals. Male abdomen with broad transverse black-brown streak posterior to epigastric furrow; often narrower in female. Male embolic flange low, even in height. Tegular apophysis not extending to mid-point of cymbium width; apex small, bluntly rounded, well spaced from flange. Embolus with 6 1/4 – 7 1/4 coils, usually 6 3/4 – 7. Female epigynum with yellow-orange pigmentation. Fossa somewhat truncate posteriorly.
Status
- native
Linnean Lectotype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1993): Revision of the Genus Isopedella (Ataneae: Heteropodidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 7: 33 - 87WEB