Species Tropasteron cardwell Baehr, 2003
- Tropasteron cardwell Baehr, B. 2003. Tropasteron gen. nov. of the Asteron-complex (Araneae: Zodariidae) from tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 29-64 [33].
Type data:
Holotype QM S12235 ♂, QLD: Cardwell Ra, Upper Broadwater Ck Valley, 700m, rainforest [18.18‘S, 145.56’E].
Paratype(s) QM, further paratypes males and females in QM see Baehr (2003) for details.Type locality references:
Baehr, B. 2003. Tropasteron gen. nov. of the Asteron-complex (Araneae: Zodariidae) from tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 29-64 [33-36, figs 5B, 7A-F, 29].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Very similar in colour pattern and body shape to T. splendens and T. malbon, differs in colour pattern by: abdomen without weak scutum and ventrally with 1 pair of small white spots. T. cardwell has shorter legs and different shape of palp with long spine, at least twice as long as wide (LTA).
Diagnosis References
Baehr, B. 2003. Tropasteron gen. nov. of the Asteron-complex (Araneae: Zodariidae) from tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 29-64 [35]
History of changes
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