Large Western Isala
Isala
FP-11667
Discoverer: B.N. Framenau
Fauna Portal species: 11667
Isala FP-11667 male, dorsal (HBI N31348-1; Hovea, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6271Diagnosis
Isala FP-11667 could not be key out in Machado et al.'s (2019) key. It seems most similar to Isala cambridgei but clearly differs in detail of colouration and epigyne morphology; for example the anterior rim of the epigyne atrium is entire in Isala FP-11667, but not so in I. cambridgei.
The reference specimen of this species is from south-west Western Australia and there are two males mapped here from the north-west (Pilbara). These very slightly differ in the angle of the retrolateral tibial apophysis so that it appears further away from the cymbium. And there are slight difference in colouration. Otherwise these are identical and currently considered the same species.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2021): Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21: 281 - 313DOI
(2019): On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae). Records of the Australian Museum. 71: 217 - 276