Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: IV. The spider subfamily Diaprograptinae subfam. nov. (Araneomorphae: Miturgidae)
Author
Raven, Robert J.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2035
1
40
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186352
c87b0ab2-a35e-4069-8c94-cb29159d4ec0
1175-5326
186352
Eupograpta
gen. nov.
Type
species
.
Eupograpta kottae
sp. nov.
Diagnosis
. Differs from all other diaprograptines in that females have a large median septum flanked by a pair of large domed unsclerotised areas (
Figs 11
c, 12a) and that males have a large spiralled RTA (
Figs 10
d, e, 11a).
Etymology
. An euphonious combination of letters based on its sister genus
Diaprograpta
; the gender is feminine.
Description
. As for
Diaprograpta
but females with large median septum flanked by large domed unsclerotised areas and males with a large spiralled RTA. Trichobothrial base collariform (
Fig.
10
g).
Included species
.
Eupograpta kottae
sp. nov.
;
Eupograpta anhat
sp. nov.
Distribution and habitat
(
Fig. 25
a). Known from southwestern Western
Australia
and far western Queensland which include areas of bushland to very xeric habitats.