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
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.1
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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
).