The open-holed trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Namea) of Australia’s D’Aguilar Range: revealing an unexpected subtropical hotspot of rainforest diversity Author Rix, Michael G. 0000-0001-5086-3638 Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia. & Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia. michael.rix@qm.qld.gov.au Author Wilson, Jeremy D. Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia. & Division of Arachnology, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 (C 1405 DJR), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Author Harvey, Mark S. Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia. & School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-15 4861 1 71 91 journal article 8280 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.1.5 38255d4a-0223-4819-9a6c-cf3e93c57446 1175-5326 4414567 44321429-80FA-45AC-90D6-E3E13C961BFC Namea salanitri Raven, 1984 ( Figs 6 , 13 , 20 a–c) Namea salanitri Raven, 1984: 42 , figs 3, 28, 33, 42, 66, 84, 97, 116, 129. Rix et al ., 2020: 703 , figs 2, 3, 8, 15, 68–80. Type material. AUSTRALIA : Queensland : male holotype , Mount Mee (GM89), pitfall trap , rainforest, 550 m , 28.x.1977 – 20.i.1978 , G. & S. Monteith ( QMB S1166 ) . Paratypes : 1 female ( allotype ), same data as holotype ( QMB S1167 ) ; 2 males , same data ( QMB S1176 ) ; 1 female , same data except 26 June–30 October 1978 ( QMB S1177 ) ; 1 male , 1 female , same data except (GM14), 520 m , 17 August–9 November 1974 ( QMB S1175 ) . Select material examined. Australia : Queensland : 1 female , D’Aguilar National Park , Mount Mee section, The Mill Rainforest Walk , 27°04’54”S , 152°42’36”E , hand collected from burrow, rainforest, 293 m , 18 February 2019 , M. Rix , J. Wilson ( QMB S111396 DNA ) ; 2 males , Mount Glorious , in earth trench, 15 June 1997 , A. Hiller ( QMB S35331 ) . Diagnosis. Males of Namea salanitri can be distinguished from those of all other described congeners by the morphology of the embolus, which is short, strongly curved and positioned sub-terminally on the palpal bulb ( Fig. 20b ; see also Rix et al. 2020 , figs 78–80). Females are similar in general appearance to those of other large species in the brisbanensis complex ( Fig. 6 ; cf. Figs 4, 5 ), but can be distinguished by the short receptacula ( Fig. 20c ; cf. Figs 18c, 19c ), the presence of unusual, ear-like epigastric lobes ( Fig. 20c ; see also Raven 1984 , fig. 129), and lighter, honey-red leg femora in life ( Fig. 6 ; cf. Figs 4, 5 ). Distribution. Namea salanitri is a widespread species in south-eastern Queensland , where it has been recorded from scattered mid- to high elevation rainforest sites to the north, west and south-west of Brisbane ( Rix et al. 2020 ). On the D’Aguilar Range it is known from Mount Mee (the type locality) and Mount Glorious ( Fig. 2 ). Remarks. This species is one of three Namea on the D’Aguilar Range which have a broader distribution in south-eastern Queensland . The spiders are not abundant on the range, and are restricted to rainforest habitats. At some sites, N. salanitri is syntopic with N. brisbanensis and N. nigritarsus , although both males and females of N. salanitri are easy to distinguish from other congeners morphologically. Little is known of its biology or life history, other than that males appear to be active in winter and spring.