Elevated Cryptachaea
Cryptachaea
FP-14136
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal species: 14136
Cryptachaea FP-14136 female, lateral (WAM T170452; N. of Edwards Road, SE of Lake King, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11873Diagnosis
Cryptachaea FP-14136 is one of serveral species with an elevated abdomen. It differs from all other species distinctly in the genitalia. The male pedipalp has a unique cymbial tip and the femal epigyne an central and two lateral anterior pockets.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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