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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Trachycosmus cockatoo
,
new species
Figures 301–304
;
Map 22
TYPE: Female
holotype
from
Cockatoo
, 37
°
57
̍
S, 145
°
29
̍
E,
Victoria
(
Apr. 9, 1973
;
M. Gray
), deposited in AMS (KS55288)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
T. allyn
and
T. turramurra
but have a broad rather than sharp retrolateral tip on the median apophysis (fig. 301); females have a wide median septum bearing, along the midline, a posteriorly originating ridge (fig. 303).
MALE: Total length 5.3. Coloration as in
T. sculptilis
except posterior femora and tibiae darkened laterally. Legs spineless. Palpal femur with only slight ventral enlargement at distal end; retrolateral tibial apophysis expanded, ridgeshaped (fig. 302); embolus relatively long, extending far proximal of palpal bulb, median apophysis with rounded retrolateral tip (fig. 301).
FEMALE: Total length 5.7. Coloration as in male. Legs spineless. Epigynum relatively flat, with wide median septum bearing, along midline, posteriorly originating ridge (fig. 303); median epigynal ducts relatively wide, recurved (fig. 304).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Victoria
:
Airey’s Inlet
, 38
°
28
̍
S, 144
°
96
̍
E,
May 13–14, 1992
, under rock (
M. Harvey
,
M. Blosfelds
,
WAM 99
/630),
1♀
, under eucalypt bark (
M. Harvey
,
M. Blosfelds
,
WAM 99
/631),
1♀
;
Cobon
North Coupe
, 37
°
23
̍
S, 148
°
56
̍
E,
Feb. 16–22, 1992
,
pitfalls
(
R. Coy
,
NMV
K3615
),
1♀
;
Cobon
South Coupe
, 37
°
25
̍
S, 148
°
56
̍
E,
Feb. 19–26, 1992
,
pitfalls
(
R. Coy
,
NMV
K3591
), 13,
1♀
;
Kinglake
, 37
°
31
̍
S, 145
°
21
̍
E,
Aug. 15, 1972
(
V. Salanitri
,
QMB
S26772
),
1♀
;
Lower Darwin
, site not locat ed,
Nov. 1925
(
P. Hill
,
NMV
K3743
),
1♀
;
Macclesfield district
, 37
°
53
̍
S, 145
°
29
̍
E,
Aug. 1904
(E. J.,
NMV
K3742
,
3744
),
2♀
;
Sardine Coupe
, 37
°
25
̍
S, 148
°
31
̍
E,
Feb. 18– 25, 1992
,
pitfalls
(
R. Coy
,
NMV
K3576
,
3581
), 23
;
Waygara State Forest
,
20 km
N Orbost in Buchanan Road
, 37
°
42
̍
S, 148
°
19
̍
E,
Mar. 25–Apr. 14, 1978
, open stringy bark forest
pitfall
(
M. Gray
,
AMS
KS45225
), 13
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from
Victoria
(map 22).