Black-headed Ant-eating Spider Cavasteron atriceps Baehr & Jocque 2000
Fauna Portal species: 9634
Cavisternum atriceps male, pedipalp ventral (SAMA N1992421; Olympic Dam site, Roxby Downs, South Australia)
Image: Baehr & Jocqué (2000; fig. 12a - reversed)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12348Diagnosis
(after Baehr & Jocque 2000): Males of this species are recognised by the inferior retrolateral tibial apophysis provided with a short thorn and by the contrasting dark cephalic area on the yellow cephalothorax.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2000): Revisions of genera in the Asteron-complex (Araneae: Zodariidae). The new genera Cavasteron and Minasteron. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 20: 1 - 30WEB