Lake St Clair Comb-footed Spider
Cryptachaea
FP-13386
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal species: 13386
Cryptachaea FP-13386 male, dorsal (HBI N30482-54; Lake Saint Clair, Platypus Bay Track, Tasmania)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8820Diagnosis
Cryptachaea FP-13386 is a comparatively dark species. The male pedipalp has a unique conductor with a retrolaterally pointing tip. The female has an apigyne with two shallow openings that seem to be filled with a sphere. Most similar is probably Cryptachaea FP-13395 which also has a small, but distinct white spot behind the epigastric furrow. However, the conductor of the male pedipalp in that species is two-lobed and the epigyne openings are deeper with a stronger dividing ridge.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Tasmania
Fauna Portal Records
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