New species of Taual a Wanless, 1988 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Astioida: Astiae), with a redefinition of the genus
Author
Żabka, Marek
Author
Patoleta, Barbara M.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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5
501
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.1
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Tauala splendidus
Wanless, 1988
Figs 14–16
,
61–62
Tauala splendidus
Wanless, 1988
: 124
–126; World Spider Catalog 2015.
Material examined
.
AUSTRALIA
, Queensland,
1m
, [at] Claudie R[iver] and Portland Roads, Cape York Peninsula,
12º35'45" S
,
143º24'44" E
[-12.59583, 143.41222],
18 Aug. 1985
, M. Bernie,
QMB
S90772
.
FIGURES 14–16
.
Tauala splendidus
Wanless, 1988
, male. 14 dorsal view; 15 fronto-lateral view; 16 palpal organ, ventral view (cf: cymbial flange, e: embolus, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, sd: seminal duct; tla: tegular lateral apophysis). Scale: 14–15 = 1 mm, 16 as in fig.
Distribution
. Known only from two localities in NE Queensland (
Figs 61–62
).
Remark
. The species has been described by
Wanless (1988)
; here we add to the documentation colour photographs of the male and a distributional map.