Species Cavisternum waldockae Baehr, Harvey & Smith, 2010
- Cavisternum waldockae 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].
Type data:
Holotype WAM T78181 ♂, Drysdale River National Park, N. of Larryoo [14°51’S, 126°49’E].
Paratype(s) WAM T78182 1♂, same data as holotype.Type locality 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] [38,39 figs 25, 171–173, Map 1].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution 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] [2, Map1]
Diagnosis
Males of C. waldockae resemble those of C. bertmaini, with both possessing long cheliceral fangs positioned in a V shape and in the general shape of the palp. C.waldockae differs in having a longer, oval-shaped sternal concavity, which occupies 2/3 of the sternum.
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] [39]
History of changes
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