Tartarus mullamullangensis

Tartarus mullamullangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Stiphidiidae
Genus:	Tartarus
Species:	T. mullamullangensis
Binomial name
Tartarus mullamullangensis Gray, 1973
Synonyms
Baiami mullamullangensis

Tartarus mullamullangensis, informally known as the Mullamullang cave spider, is a palm-sized, long-legged cave spider from Western Australia. Completely adapted to cave living, it is blind and totally lacks pigmentation, giving it a creamy white appearance.

The cylindrical lampshade-shaped web is spun out between rocks.

The species is closely related to spiders found in forests of Southern Australia. This makes it likely that T. mullamullangensis is a relict species from the time when the now arid region was much more humid.

Name

The species name is derived from Mullamullang, a cave system in the Nullarbor Plain of Western and Southern Australia.

External links

• Mike Gray: Cave Spiders of the Nullarbor
• Exploring the Mullamullang cave

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