Central Australian Ant-eating Spider Cavasteron lacertae Baehr & Jocque
Fauna Portal species: 9639
Cavisternum lacertae male, pedipalp ventral (SAMA N1992431; north of Lake Eyre, South Australia)
Image: Baehr & Jocqué (2000; fig. 14a - reversed)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12355Diagnosis
(after Baehr & Jocque 2000): Males of this species are recognised by the modified cymbium accommodating the proximal dorsolateral prong of the tibial apophysis and by the rounded, frontal appendage FA of the embolar base.
Status
- native
Australia
- Northern Territory
- South Australia
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