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
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Morebilus tambo
,
new species
Figures 391–394
;
Map 31
TYPE:
Male
holotype
taken in rolled up tarp at
Caldervale
,
Tambo
,
Bullrush Bore
, 25
°
06
̍
S, 146
°
50
̍
E,
Queensland
(
Oct. 16, 1990
;
P. Cause
), deposited in
QMB
(
S18794
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
M. diversus
in having dorsally directed spines present on the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 392), but can be distinguished by lacking a subdistal embolar expansion (fig. 391); females also resemble those of
M. diversus
in having a relatively long, narrow epigynal atrium (fig. 393), but have a longer atrium, not restricted to the anterior portion of the epigynum (fig. 393) and larger, basally narrower spermathecae (fig. 394).
MALE: Total length 10. Coloration as in
M. graytown
, except leg IV darkest. Leg spination: tibiae I, II v232; metatarsi II v21p0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, with ex panded base bearing dorsally directed spines (fig. 392); embolus with truncated basal lobe and arched tip without subdistal expansion (fig. 391).
FEMALE: Total length 10. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae I v422; metatarsi II v21p0. Epigynum with long, narrow atrium extending almost to posterior edge of structure (fig. 393); spermathecae anteriorly soft, inflated, with laterally directed heads (fig. 394).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Queensland
:
Dargonelly Rock Holes
,
Mount Moffatt National Park
, 25
°
01
̍
S, 147
°
57
̍
E,
Sept. 20–27, 1986
, open forest (
M. Bennie
,
QMB
S15955
),
1♀
;
Kumbarilla
,
W Dalby
, 27
°
19
̍
S, 150
°
53
̍
E,
Nov. 1979
(
T. Adams
,
QMB
S28444
),
1♀
.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern
Queensland
(map 31).