Subterranean Armoured Spider Tetrablemma alaus Burger, Harvey & Stevens, 2010

Fauna Portal species: 9208


alaus

Tetrablemma alaus male holotype, dorsal (WAM T91751)

Image: Burger et al. (2010; Fig. 1)

Fauna Portal Image No. 779

Diagnosis

(after Burger et al. 2010): Tetrablemma alaus is easily distinguished from all other species of Tetrablemmidae (except for Bacillema leclerci fromThailand) by the complete lack of eyes or eye-spots. It differs from B. leclerci by the much shorter legs.

Linnean Holotype

1 ♂
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Western Australian Museum
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T91751
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24 April 2008
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Yarrie area, hole #CA0022R
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troglofauna trap

Australia

  • Western Australia

Publications

Burger M, Harvey MS, Stevens N (2010): A new species of blind subterranean Tetrablemma (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) from Australia. Journal of Arachnology. 38: 146 - 149


Volker Framenau, 04 August 2022