Genus Cavisternum Baehr, Harvey & Smith, 2010
Compiler and date details
2012 - Drs Barbara Baehr & Robert Raven, Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Valerie Todd Davies (including the Lycosidae by R.J. McKay), Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Cavisternum Baehr, B.C., Harvey, M.S. & Smith, H.M. 2010. The Goblin Spiders of the new endemic Australian genus Cavisternum (Araneae: Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3684: 1-40 [Date published March 4] [4 - 5].
Type species:
Cavisternum clavatum Baehr, Harvey & Smith, 2010 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Occurs across Northern Australia
IBRA
Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU) ; NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NT, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Pilbara (PIL)
Diagnosis
Males of this genus can easily be recognized and separated from all other genera by the concave sternum covered with clavate setae, and the elongated fangs with a broadened tip. It is currently not possible to distinguish female specimens of Cavisternum from other genera.
Diagnosis References
Baehr, B.C., Harvey, M.S. & Smith, H.M. 2010. The Goblin Spiders of the new endemic Australian genus Cavisternum (Araneae: Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3684: 1-40 [Date published March 4] [4]
History of changes
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