Taxon details

Family: Anamidae / Genus: Troglodiplura

Troglodiplura challeni Harvey & Rix, 2020

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2020-11-11
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052548]
  • Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia; m (T145637) (Harvey et al., 2020a)
  • Paratype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia; 2m (T145638, T22517) (Harvey et al., 2020a)
  • Paratype: South Australian Museum (SAM), Adelaide, Australia; 2m 1f (NN2610-2612) (Harvey et al., 2020a)
Taxonomic references
Troglodiplura lowryi Main, 1993b: 82, f. 3A-E, 5A-O (m; misidentified per Harvey et al., 2020: 812).
Troglodiplura challeni Harvey & Rix, in Harvey et al., 2020a: 812, f. 38-73 (Dmf).
References

Harvey, M. S., Rix, M. G., Hillyer, M. J. & Huey, J. A. (2020a). The systematics and phylogenetic position of the troglobitic Australian spider genus Troglodiplura (Araneae: Mygalomorphae), with a new classification for Anamidae. Invertebrate Systematics 34(8): 799-822. doi:10.1071/IS20034 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Main, B. Y. (1993b). Biogeographic significance of the Nullarbor cave mygalomorph spider Troglodiplura and its taxonomic affinities. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 76: 77-85. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-11-11 New taxonomic reference entry Main, 1993b n/a
2020-11-11 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey et al., 2020a n/a
2020-11-11 New species inserted Harvey et al., 2020a n/a