Boddington Spineless Ground Spider
Meedo
FP-13642
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal species: 13642
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Trachycosmidae
Meedo FP-13642 male, dorsal (HBI N19966-1; N. of Mt Saddleback, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 9606Diagnosis
Meedo FP-13642 is probably most similar to M. harvey, also known from south-western Western Australia. Male pedipalps differ by the lack of the wide embolus and the epigyne of females by the lack of the sclerotised structures visible in Platnick's (2002) illustrations.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
Similar Species
Volker Framenau, 21 November 2024