The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level
Author
Rix, Michael
Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Perth, Australia
Author
Harvey, Mark
Western Australian Museum, Perth, Welshpool, Australia
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Micropholcomma linnaei
Rix, 2008
Micropholcomma linnaei
Rix, 2008: 343
, figs 1–11.
Platnick, 2009
.
Type
material.
Holotype
male:
Walpole-Nornalup National Park
,
Giant Tingle Area
,
8 km
NE. of
Walpole
,
Western Australia
,
Australia
, mixed
Eucalyptus
litter,
19.XII.1976
,
J. Kethley
(
WAM
T85552
).
Paratypes
:
Allotype
female, same data as holotype (
WAM
T85553
);
33 males
and
51 females
, same data as
holotype
(
WAM
T85554
);
1 male
and
3 females
, same data as
holotype
(
FMC
);
5 males
and
2 females
, same data as
holotype
except Karri and
Acacia
litter (
FMC
)
.
Remarks
.
Micropholcomma linnaei
is the only species of
Micropholcomma
currently described from
Western Australia
, and is most similar to
M. turbans
from
Tasmania
(Rix 2008).
Main (1974)
recorded two other micropholcommatid species from
Western Australia
(
M. longissimum
and
M. bryophilum
), although the exact identity of these species cannot be confirmed given the lack of voucher specimens.
Western Australia
is now known to have a large diversity of
Micropholcomma
, with several species clearly similar to
M. longissimum
and
M. bryophilum
(see Remarks for
M. longissimum
, below), and the true identity of the
Main (1974)
specimens will require further testing.