Dandabah Toxopsoides
Toxopsoides
FP-14230
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal species: 14230
Toxopsoides FP-14230 male, dorsal (HBI N35273-12; Dandabah Camping Area, Bunya Mountains National Park, Queensland)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11797Diagnosis
Male Toxopsoides FP-14230 differs from all other species in the genus by the longer embolus that originates further centrally on the pedipalp. The spemathecae in the epigyne of females is less elongate than in other species of the genus (see Smith 2013).
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Queensland
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2013): The spider genus Toxopsoides (Araneae: Desidae: Toxopinae): new records and species from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 135: 19 - 43