Therlinya, a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea) Author Gray, Michael R. Author Smith, Helen M. text Records of the Australian Museum 2002 2002-10-30 54 3 293 293 https://journals.australian.museum/gray-and-smith-2002-rec-aust-mus-543-293312/ journal article 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1368 2201-4349 5754999 Therlinya foveolata n.sp. Figs. 5a–e , 6 Type material . AUSTRALIA : VICTORIA —H OLOTYPE: Ƌ, KS34792 ( AMS ), near Delley’s Dell turn-off, Silverband Road , Grampian Ranges , 37°11'S 142°31'E , 24 Mar. 1974 , M. R . Gray , collected as juvenile, matured Apr. 1974 . PARATYPES : ♀ , KS34793, data as for holotype, adult coll.; ♀ , KS34797, Stony Creek Bridge, near Hall’s Gap , Grampian Ranges , 37°09'S 142°30'E , 21 Mar. 1974 , M. R . Gray ; 4♀♀ , KS34795, 8 km SW of Hall’s Gap on Silverband Road, Grampian Ranges, 37°11'S 142°31'E , 24 Mar. 1974, M.R. Gray; ♀, KS34796; ♀, KS34794, with 60 young; both data as for KS34795. Other material . AUSTRALIA: VICTORIA ♀, KS73046, 10 km S of Forrest on Forrest–Apollo Bay Rd, Otway Ranges, 38°35'S 143°43'E, 31 Mar. 1978, M.R. Gray, in road bank—regrowth Stringybark forest above, in large sheet web, c. 35×15 cm curving up & out from bank retreat. Diagnosis . CL 3.71–4.08. Separated from all other species by the pit-like epigynal fossa and centrad placement of the RTA. Male (holotype). BL 7.71, CL 3.71, CW 2.47, CapW 1.53, EGW 1.03, LL 0.59, LW 0.50, SL 1.75, SW 1.49. Legs: 1423 (I 15.05, II 13.42, III 11.04, IV 13.89); ratio tibia I length:CW = 1:0.72. Male palp: Fig. 5a,b. Cymbium wide with well-developed retrolateral flange. Bulb longer than wide with tegular lobe placed basally. Embolus origin basal. Stem of T-shaped conductor anteriorly directed, posterior limb placed retrolaterally; tegular window small, prolateral. RTA large, centrad, and visible in ventral view; RVTA with broad, beak-like apex. Female ( KS 34794). BL 7.67, CL 3.96 (3.96–4.08), CW 2.55, CapW 2.00, EGW 1.14, LL 0.63, LW 0.59, SL 1.82, SW 1.44. Standard colour pattern. Legs: 1423 (I 13.24, II 11.20, III 9.40, IV 11.60); ratio tibia I length:CW = 1:0.79. Epigynum: Fig. 5c,d . Cordate, unpaired, central fossa with copulatory openings placed at anterolateral corners and opening posteromedially. Scape absent to rudimentary, probably represented by a midline cusp on the anterior epigynal margin. Internal genitalia: Fig. 5e . Copulatory ducts short. Distribution . Grampian and Otway Ranges, Victoria . Comments . The Otway Range spiders may prove to be a separate species from the Grampian spiders but this will not be resolved until Otway males are available. Etymology . The specific name refers to the pit-like epigynal fossa, unique within this genus.