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
Rebilus wisharti
,
new species
Figures 623–626
,
650
;
Map 49
TYPE: Female
holotype
taken in swimming pool at Gerringong, 34
°
45
̍
S, 150
°
50
̍
E,
New
Figs. 639–641. Left male palpal tibia and proximal portion of tarsus, dorsal views.
639.
Rebilus lugubris
(L. Koch)
.
640.
R. bulburin
,
new species
.
641.
R. tribulation
,
new species
.
South Wales (
Feb. 25, 1993
; G. Wishart), deposited in AMS (KS51383).
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Graham Wishart and his oversized pitfall trap.
DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been collected together and are tentatively matched here on the basis of geography. Males have an enlarged palpal femur and tegulum, with a distally twisted terminal apophysis and a large, densely setose basal tibial apophysis (figs. 623, 624, 650); females have an mshaped margin on the epigynal septum (fig. 625).
MALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in
R. lugubris
. Leg spination: femora: I, II, IV p1 10; III p110, r010; tibiae: III v222; IV v222, r011; metatarsi: III p001, v202; IV p001, v202, r100. Palp robust, with basal segments enlarged, thick, basal tibial apophysis pronounced, bearing dense setae, distal apophysis small, laterally excavated, cymbium without modified setae (figs. 624, 650); tegulum enlarged, rotund, terminal apophysis distally twisted (fig. 623).
FEMALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora I–IV p110; tibiae: I, II v1p1p1p; III v1p1p2; IV v222, r011; metatarsi as in male. Epigynal with mshaped septal margin (fig. 625); postero median portion of epigynal ducts enlarged (fig. 626).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
New South Wales
:
Beecroft
, 33
°
45
̍
S, 151
°
04
̍
E,
Aug. 20, 1999
(
J. Noble
,
AMS
KS62826
), 13,
Oct. 5, 1999
(
J. Noble
,
AMS
KS57336
), 13
;
Copper Creek
Road, 1.7 km down from
Carrai Road
, then downslope
200 m
to gully,
Carrai State Forest
, 30
°
57
̍
S, 152
°
23
̍
E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
330 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS43003
), 13
;
Minnamurra Falls Reserve
, 34
°
38
̍
S, 150
°
51
̍
E,
Apr. 20, 1982
, under rock (
C. Horseman
,
AMS
KS9027
),
1♀
;
Mogo State Forest
,
Dog Trap
Road
,
9 km
S Bateman’s Bay
, 35
°
49
̍
S, 149
°
56
̍
E,
Aug. 8, 1990
, tall eucalypt forest, open understory of cycads and shrubs, elev.
50 m
(
C. Griswold
,
R. Moran
,
T. Meikle
,
USNM
),
1♀
;
Mount Dromaderry
(site not located),
May 4, 1982
, under saucepan (
H. Parnaby
,
AMS
KS21568
), 13
;
Mount Keira Fauna Reserve
,
Scout Camp
, 34
°
24
̍
S, 150
°
51
̍
E,
Jan. 17–Feb. 14, 1979
, litter
pitfall
(
C. Horseman
,
AMS
KS2531
),
1♀
;
Taree Case Mills
, 31
°
54
̍
S, 152
°
29
̍
E,
July 17, 1953
(
H. Johnston
,
AMS
KS35458
), 13
;
Willovale
,
Scalloway
, 34
°
45
̍
S, 150
°
50
̍
E,
May 25, 1989
(
G. Wishart
,
AMS
KS30240
), 13
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from
New South Wales
(map 49).