Pilbara Flattened Ground Spider
Hemicloea
FP-14773
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal species: 14773
Hemicloea FP-14773 male, dorsal (HBI N38258-1; ca. 75 km NW. of Tom Price, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13873Diagnosis
Hemicloea FP-14773 is a small species. It's only from known from the male and differs from other Hemicloea on the Fauna Portal by details in pedipalp morphology, for example the very broad base of the embolus has distinct striations.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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