White or Australian Crab Spider Thomisus spectabilis Doleschall, 1859
Fauna Portal species: 9437
Thomisus spectabilis male, dorsal (HBI N27136-4; ca. 80 km WNW. of Tom Price, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau
Fauna Portal Image No. 9122Diagnosis
Thomisus spectabilis is the only species in the genus in Australia. This generally white spider has distinct lateral cephalic horns, which are absent in the otherwise superficially similar Zygometis xanthogaster.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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