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 4000 5 501 517 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.1 d91caf19-60c7-4db8-a8aa-cccd913dd7b0 1175-5326 253624 C1A4B923-ABCB-47F2-93FE-7FB5C3C15D61 Tauala palumaensis sp. nov. Figs 32–40 , 63 Type material . Male holotype , Paluma Dam Road, WNW Paluma, 19º00'32" S , 146º12'32" E , [-19.00, 146.20], Queensland, Australia , Malaise trap, 30 Nov.–16 Dec. 1988 , QMB S90769 . Etymology . From type locality, to be treated as an adjective. Diagnosis . In comparison with T . lepidus , embolus longer, apophysis set more distally and tibial setae missing. Description . Male holotype ( Figs 32–40 ). Cephalothorax light-brown, eye surroundings darker. Between ALE and PLE tufts of white setae present. Abdominal colour pattern not preserved. Anterior and posterior spinnerets dirty-brown, median ones pale. Clypeus brown. Chelicerae brown, with frontal depression and transverse ridges. Promargin with one massive apophysis (tooth) and one small tooth, retromargin with 9 teeth ( Fig. 36 ). Maxillae and labium dirty-brown with lighter tips. Sternum pale. Venter colouration not preserved. In front of spinnerets a tuft of brown setae present. Legs I brown, ventrally fringed, tarsi yellow; tibiae with stripes of brown hairs and white scales, pro- and retroventral sides with 4 and 3 long spines, respectively, prolaterally additional spine present; metatarsi with 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines. Legs II dirty-orange, spination similar as in legs I, but prolaterally additional spine present. Other legs pale and delicate. Palpal organ as in Figs 37–40 . Dimensions: CL 2.19, CW 2.18, CH 1.51, AL 3.32, AW 1.40, AEW 1.69, PEW 1.21, EFL 1.17. LI 8.09 (0.70 + 1.61 + 2.27 + 1.10 + 2.41), LII 6.67 (2.09 + 0.87 + 1.74 + 1.41 + 0.56), LIII 6.95 (0.57 + 1.84 + 1.57 + 0.80 + 2.17), LIV 8.18 (0.61 + 2.42 + 1.99 + 0.69 + 2.47). Female. Unknown. Distribution . Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 63 ).