A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)
Author
PLATNICK, NORMAN I.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2002
2002-09-19
2002
271
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10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2
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Neato beerwah
,
new species
Figures 117–120
;
Map 8
TYPE:
Female
holotype
taken in
pitfall
trap in heath at
Beerwah Forestry Reserve
, 26
°
51
̍
S, 152
°
57
̍
E,
Queensland
(
Aug. 8, 1990
;
M. Glover
), deposited in
QMB
(
S19153
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the narrow, dorsally directed retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 118), females by the lack of lateral epigynal margins (fig. 119).
MALE: Total length 3.0. Carapace as in
N. walli
; abdominal dorsum and sides uniformly dark gray, venter pale gray; legs bicolored, coxae, trochanters, basal portions of posterior patellae and tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi all yellow, other surfaces dark gray (posterior metatarsi slightly darkened distally). Mouthparts as in
N. walli
. Leg spination: tibiae III, IV v00
1p.
Tarsal cracking as in
N. walli
. Retrolateral tibial apophysis very narrow, di rected dorsally (fig. 118); embolus restricted to prolateral surface of bulb (fig. 117).
FEMALE: Total length 3.2. Coloration and mouthparts as in male. Leg spination: tibiae III v001p; metatarsi III, IV r001. Epigynum with small, oval median septum (fig. 119); spermathecae bipartite, anterolaterally massive, not flanked by lateral margins (fig. 120).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
New South Wales
:
Booti Booti National Park
, 32
°
16
̍
S, 152
°
31
̍
E,
July 12, 1996
,
pitfall
, heath (
L. Wilkie
,
AMS
KS50679
), 13
;
11 km
NE Bulahdelah
,
O’Sullivan Gap Reserve
, 32
°
25
̍
S, 152
°
13
̍
E,
Aug. 27, 1982
, rainforest litter (
S., J. Peck
,
AMNH
),
1♀
;
Grey Gums Forest
Road, 1.1 km from
Doyles River
Road,
Bulga State Forest
, 32
°
16
̍
S, 152
°
31
̍
E,
Feb. 4– Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
620 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS42519
), 13
;
Kempsey
,
Maria State Forest
picnic area, 31
°
11
̍
S, 152
°
50
̍
E,
Apr. 23, 1974
, in retreat under log in tall eucalypt forest (
M. Gray
,
AMS
KS55313
),
1♀
;
15 km
S Kempsey
, 31
°
12
̍
S, 152
°
49
̍
E,
July 18, 1992
, leaf, bark litter, dry sclerophyll forest (G.
Hunt
,
AMS
KS49479
),
1♀
;
Oakes State Forest
,
Sirius Road
, ca.
2 km
from junction or
Horseshoe Road
, 30
°
29
̍
S, 152
°
35
̍
E,
Nov. 11–24, 1999
,
pitfall
(
M. Gray
,
G. Milledge
,
H. Smith
,
AMS
KS61656
),
1♀
;
Pacific Palms
, 32
°
21
̍
S, 152
°
31
̍
E,
June 11–23, 1992
,
pitfall
(
C. Peterson
,
AMS
KS55281
),
1♀
.
Queensland
:
Beerwah Forestry Reserve
, 26
°
51
̍
S, 152
°
57
̍
E,
Sept. 19, 1990
,
pitfall
, heath (
M. Glover
,
QMB
S33541
),
1♀
;
Boldery Park
, via
Cooyar
, 26
°
56
̍
S, 151
°
49
̍
E,
Oct. 25, 1975
–
May 1, 1976
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
580 m
(
G., S. Monteith
,
QMB
),
2♀
;
Ewan Maddock Dam
, 26
°
48
̍
S, 152
°
59
̍
E,
Mar. 24– July 18, 1993
,
pitfall
(
M. Glover
,
QMB
S37545
), 13
;
Flinton Hill
, via
Ipswich
, 27
°
37
̍
S, 152
°
47
̍
E,
Aug. 20–Nov. 9, 1995
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
120 m
(
G., S. Monteith
,
QMB
S28424
),
1♀
,
May 20–Aug. 11, 1976
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
120 m
(
G., S. Monteith
,
QMB
),
1♀
;
Glastonbury Creek
, 26
°
09
̍
S, 152
°
33
̍
E,
Aug. 17, 1997
, rainforest, stick brushing, elev.
70 m
(
G. Monteith
,
QMB
S43910
),
1♀
;
Kenilworth State Forest
, 5.2 km by road
SW Kenilworth
, 26
°
37
̍
S, 152
°
41
̍
E,
May 5, 1998
, rainforest (
G. Milledge
,
AMS
KS52283
), 13
;
Mount French
, via
Boonah
, 28
°
00
̍
S, 152
°
41
̍
E,
Aug. 15– Oct. 10, 1976
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
245 m
(
G., S. Monteith
,
QMB
),
1♀
;
Upper Brookfield
, 27
°
30
̍
S, 152
°
55
̍
E,
Apr. 23, 1981
, litter, vine forest with auracaria (
V. Davies
,
R. Raven
,
QMB
), 33,
1♀
,
June 2–July 3, 1981
, rainforest litter (R.
Raven
, V.
Davies
,
QMB
S26920
),
2♀
;
Upper Yarraman State Forest
, via
Maidenwell
, 26
°
53
̍
S, 151
°
56
̍
E,
June 1– Aug. 17, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
610 m
(
G., S. Monteith
,
QMB
),
1♀
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern
Queensland
and
New South Wales
(map 8).