Morebilus blackdown, PLATNICK, 2002

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Morebilus blackdown , new species Figures 658, 659

DIAGNOSIS: This species was described above on the basis of a female from mideastern Queensland; the male from northeastern Queensland here associated with that female resembles that of M. tambo in having stiff setae, including one spiniform seta, on the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 660), but differs in having a larger retrolateral tibial apophysis as well as more ventrally displaced median palpal elements (figs. 659, 660).

MALE: Total length 12. Coloration as in M. plagusius . Leg spination: femora: I, II d2­ 2­0; III d3­3­1; IV d3­1­1; tibiae: I v6­6­2; II v3­6­4; III v3­3­0; IV v1p­1p­1p; metatar­ si: I v4­4­2; II v6­6­0; III v4­1p­0; IV v1p­ 1p­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis bearing retrolaterally directed, stiff setae, most distal seta spiniform (fig. 660); median palpal elements projected ventrally from surface of bulb (fig. 659).

NEW RECORD: Queensland: Newcastle Range, 18 ° 18 ̍ S, 143 ° 45 ̍ E, June 1–Aug. 28, 1996, pitfall (J. Hasenpasch, QMB S47663 ), 13.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from mideastern and northeastern Queensland.

Figures

Figs. 658–661. 658, 659. Morebilus blackdown, new species, left male palp, ventral and retrolateral views. 660, 661. Longrita nathan, new species, left male palp, ventral and retrolateral views.