Barrow Island Spinule Ant-eating Spider
Genus 3667 (male ventral spinules)
FP-13440
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal species: 13440
Genus 3667 FP-13440 male, dorsal (HBI N16760-3; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 9274Diagnosis
Males of Genus 3667 FP-13440 differ distinctly from the other Barrow Island species of the genus, Genus 3667 FP-368, by the presence of an irregular, spine-like dorsal branch of the retrolateral tibial apophysis. Females differ by the shape of the epigyne, which is more sclerotised in Genus 3667 FP-13440, and does not have the distinctly two-lobed anterior border.
Males and females between FP-368 and FP-13440 were matched somewhat haphazardly and the pairing needs to be tested using molecular methods.
Status
- native
Australia
- Western Australia
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