Western Huntsman Spidere Pediana occidentalis Hogg, 1903
Fauna Portal species: 9101
Pediana occidentalis male, dorsal (HBI N38115-1; Hovea, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15088Diagnosis
(after Hirst 1989): Differs from P. regina by the femora without black ventrally, abdomen yellowish ventrally. Males with relatively shorter, thicker legs, broader median apophysis and narrower palp tibial apophysis.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1989): A revision of the genus Pediana Simon (Heteropodidae: Araneae) in Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum. 23: 113 - 126WEB