North Australian Ant-eating Spider Cavasteron index Baehr & Jocque
Fauna Portal species: 9638
Cavisternum index male, abdomen dorsal (NMV K-3827; Powell Creek, Northern Territory)
Image: Baehr & Jocqué (2000; fig. 9)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12352Diagnosis
(after Baehr & Jocque 2000): Males of this species are recognised by the fingershaped
frontal appendage FA on the embolar base.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
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