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 excavans Raven, 1984 ( Figs 13 , 17a, b ) Namea excavans Raven, 1984: 29 , figs 16, 29, 58-59, 82-83, 111. Rix et al ., 2020: 712 , figs 2, 3, 177–189. Type material. AUSTRALIA : Queensland : male holotype , Mount Glorious , 630 m , 29 May 1973 , A. Chew ( QMB S813 ) . Paratypes : 1 male , Mount Glorious (GM91), pitfall trap , rainforest, 630 m , 26 June–18 November 1978 , G. & S. Monteith ( QMB S815 ) ; 1 male , same data except (GM45), 6 August–12 November 1975 ( QMB S814 ) . Other material examined. Australia : Queensland : 1 male , D’Aguilar National Park , Mount Glorious , 27°19’40”S , 152°45’13”E , pitfall trap , 687 m , 15–20 October 2014 , Entomological Society of Queensland Bugcatch ( QMB S111535 DNA ) . Diagnosis. Males of Namea excavans can be distinguished from those of all other described congeners except N. dahmsi by the morphology of the palpal tibia, which has multiple proximal and/or medial macrosetae on the retroventral margin ( Fig. 17b ; see also Rix et al. 2020 , figs 187, 188). Males can be further distinguished from those of N. dahmsi by the long, reflexed and whip-like embolus ( Fig. 17b ; cf. Fig. 21b ; see also Rix et al. 2020 , figs 187, 188). Females are unknown. Distribution. Namea excavans is endemic to the D’Aguilar Range, where it is known only from rainforest at Mount Glorious ( Rix et al. 2020 ) ( Fig. 2 ). Remarks. This species is extremely rare, and currently known from only a handful of male specimens. Nothing is known of its biology or life history, other than that males appear to be active in winter or spring.