Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae) Author Raven, Robert J. 0000-0002-8532-245X School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia aven@gmail.com Author Hebron, Wendy 0000-0002-8532-245X School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia & Wendy. Hebron @ qm. qld. gov. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4156 - 6302 aven@gmail.com Author Williams, Kylie 0000-0002-8532-245X School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia & School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & kylie. w 50 @ outlook. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2512 - 642 X Corresponding author & School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X aven@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-24 5358 1 1 117 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5358.1.1/52093 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5358.1.1 1175-5334 10151882 1A17A242-2E91-4F43-9E5D-063F8C0CBE72 Miturgopelma couperi sp. nov. Fig. 26 Diagnosis. Males differ from those of Miturgopelma australiensis by the fluted tip of the median apophysis ( Fig. 26a ). Female unknown. Etymology. The species epithet is in honour of herpetologist and spider collector, Patrick Couper, Queensland Museum. Type material. Western Australia : male holotype , 7–8 km . WNW of Point Salvation , 28°12”S 123°36”E, 1–3 Dec 1990 , E. R . Pianka , pitfall trap , WAM T74061 . Description. Male, holotype WAM T74061 Carapace 3.91 long, 3.21 wide. Opisthosoma 3.80 long, 2.83 wide. Total length, 7.7. I: 5.38; 2.00; 4.63; 4.50; 2.50; 19.00. II: 4.13; 1.88; 4.25; 5.00; 3.00; 18.25. III: 5.00; 1.63; 4.25; 5.38; 3.13; 19.38. IV: 6.38; 1.75; 5.25; 6.75; -; 20.13. Palp: 1.75; 0.50; 0.63; -; 2.71; 5.00. Colour: Carapace with caput dark with dark line and dark scallops laterally on thorax; opisthosoma, dorsally mottled orange to red brown, laterally pallid; ventrally none, pallid. Eyes: All similar, small; ALE clearly smallest. Legs moderately long. Palp: Tibia and patella similar-sized; cymbial hairs all similar, retrobasally with unmodified, narrow edge, RTA: ventral lobe short rounded, almost entirely sclerotised; dorsal lobe spiniform, apically bifid; embolus central, directed transversely prolateral turning sharply basally. MA longer than wide, a short blunt hook. Distribution . Known only from Point Salvation, Western Australia .