Tasmanian Nanometa Nanometa tasmaniensis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020
Fauna Portal species: 14235
Nanometa tasmaniensis female, dorsal (HBI N35252-14; Westmorland Falls Track, Mole Creek National Park, Tasmania)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11792Diagnosis
(after Álvarez-Padilla et al. 2013): Males of N. tasmaniensis can be diagnosed from other Australian species by the longer embolus, which curves outside the margin of the tegulum in ventral view, combined with a long, heavy sclerotized and conical CEBP. The distinctive lateral epigynal lobes are unique to this species. In addition, N. tasmaniensis can be differentiated from other large Nanometa species by the following combination of characters: female genital openings n-shaped ca. 1/3 width of epigynum, septum narrow ca. 1/3 width of the genital opening, median plate triangular. Spermathecae spherical, cuticle weakly scolerotized, copulatory “sacs” cuticle translucent. CEBP apophysis armed with three large spines of decreasing length toward the cymbium middle section. CEMP flat cuticular ridge, tip blunt, separated from the cymbium and curved proximally.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Tasmania
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Publications
(2020): Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 438: 1 - 107DOI