Vadosulpalpus crustulum

“Little pastry shallow-palp”
Kingdom
Microsynthera
Phylum
Plasticae
Class
Occlupanida
Order
Orthogonidectes
Family
Haplognathidae
Genus
Vadosulpalpus
Species
crustulum
External morphology

Four slight lobes on outer edge, like ‘proto-palps’. 21 mm x 19 mm.

Collected in North Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. According to discoverer T. Walder, Vadosulpalpus crustulum is found on bags of bread rolls and hot cross buns. It can be differentiated from V. amplusulcia by having a slightly smaller oral groove and a hauntingly luminous integument of pale yellow.