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 1 1 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 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).