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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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0090%282002%29271%3C0001%3AAROTAG%3E2.0.CO%3B2
journal article
10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2
0003-0090
5396112
Platorish churchillae
,
new species
Figures 481, 482
;
Map 37
TYPE: Female
holotype
taken
10 km
W
Paluma
, 19
°
00
̍
S, 146
°
12
̍
E,
Queensland
(
Mar. 20, 1983
;
T. Churchill
), deposited in
QMB
(
S34545
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, Dr. Tracey Churchill.
DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the almost circular epigynal atrium containing a very narrow anterior epigynal hood (fig. 481).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE: Total length 7. Coloration as in
P. flavitarsis
except only dorsal portions of coxae, trochanters, and femora IV yellow, Leg spination: tibiae III, IV v1p1p1p; metatarsi: II v221p; III v1p1p1p; IV v000. Epigynal atrium almost circular, containing narrow anterior hood (fig. 481); spermathecae confined to posterior half of epigynum (fig. 482).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern
Queensland
(map 37).