A small to medium-sized night-active spider, yellow brown to sepia with a pale pattern on the abdomen, two spots followed by three chevrons and one contrasting white spot in front of spinnerets. It is found in desert and semi-desert areas of South Australia and WA. Eyes in three rows 2-4-2. Legs formula 4123. The species name refers to the thick (crassus) claw (calcar) on both the male and female pedipalps, possibly useful for digging through the desert surface. ♀ 7mm ♂ 6mm
Male, Hiltaba Station & Gawler Ranges National Park Eyre Hwy Paney SA 5601
Photos: Barbara Baehr
References
- Barbara Baehr and Rudy Jocque, 2000 - Revisions of genera in the Asteron-complex (Araneae: Zodariidae). The new genera Cavasteron and Minasteron
