Megapanis hursti

“Hurst’s big bread”
Kingdom
Microsynthera
Phylum
Plasticae
Class
Occlupanida
Order
Orthogonidectes
Family
Archignathidae
Genus
Megapanis
Species
hursti
External morphology

Lateral palps, large size. 43 mm x 30 mm.

Found in 2010 by international adventurer and occlupanologist J. Hurst, this is the first new species discovered on the  Australian continent. Possesses a slightly smaller oral groove than M. gregjubyi. Found on a sidewalk in North Adelaide.