Meedo mullaroo, 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-

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAE52A-FFBA-A645-8226-23DED9FB499F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Meedo mullaroo
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Meedo mullaroo , new species Figures 65–68 View Figs , 149 View Figs ; Map 3 View Map 3

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a drift fence pitfall trap 8.3 km SE of the confluence of Lindsay River and Mullaroo Creek , 34 ° 11 ̍ S, 141 ° 10 ̍ E, Victoria (Nov. 1985; A. Yen), deposited in NMV .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by having the tip of the embolus enclosed in the palpal conductor (fig. 65), females by the Lshaped spermathecae (fig. 68).

MALE: Total length 5.3. Coloration as in M. houstoni except abdomen with transverse dark gray markings occupying most of dorsum, interrupted over cardiac area and muscle impressions. Chelicerae vertical, endites relatively short. Tarsi II–IV with cuticular cracks. Retrolateral tibial apophysis lacking (fig. 66); embolus with triangular base, tip enclosed by twisted conductor (fig. 65).

FEMALE: Total length 8.9. Carapace darker than in male. Chelicerae vertical, endites relatively short. Tarsi III, IV with cuticular cracks. Epigynum with triangular anteromedian atrium (fig. 67); spermathecae almost Lshaped (fig. 68).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Osbourne Mine site, SSE Mount Isa , 22 ° 07 ̍ S, 140 ° 34 ̍ E, Dec. 1996 (A. Nicholson, QMB S34517 View Materials ), 1♀. South Australia: 7.89 km N Coongie, 27 ° 06 ̍ S, 140 ° 09 ̍ E, Feb. 6– Mar. 14, 1987, pitfall (J. Reid, SAM N1998 View Materials / 902–905), 4♀, May 7, 1987, pitfall (J. Reid, SAM N1998 View Materials /900, 901), 13, 1♀ ; 9.42 km NNE Coongie , 27 ° 06 ̍ S, 140 ° 09 ̍ E, Feb. 6– Mar. 14, 1987, pitfall (J. Reid, SAM N1998 View Materials / 906, 907), 2♀ ; 10 km ENE Dulkaninna Station , 28 ° 59 ̍ S, 138 ° 33 ̍ E, Nov. 4, 1994 ( SAM N1998 View Materials /911), 1♀ ; 10 km WSW Johnson Bore , 29 ° 35 ̍ S, 136 ° 08 ̍ E, Oct. 6, 1995, pitfall ( SAM N1998 View Materials /913), 1♀ ; Lake Werta Wert , 33 ° 57 ̍ S, 140 ° 52 ̍ E, Oct. 10, 1988, under Eucalyptus camaldulensis bark (S. Lewer, SAM N1998 View Materials /366), 1♀ ; 3.7 km WNW Marsella Hill, Arcoona Station, 31 ° 13 ̍ S, 136 ° 53 ̍ E, pitfall ( SAM N1998 View Materials /914–918), 23, 3♀ ; 6.1 km S Mount Bray , 28 ° 13 ̍ S, 134 ° 48 ̍ E, Sept. 18–21, 1996, pitfall ( SAM N1998 View Materials /919), 1♀ ; 4.7 km NE Mount Gow , 26 ° 31 ̍ S, 140 ° 44 ̍ E, Nov. 4, 1994, pitfall ( SAM N1998 View Materials /912), 1♀ ; 5.5 km NW Mount Minyalcooroo, Arckaringa Station , 27 ° 57 ̍ S, 135 ° 07 ̍ E, Sept. 15–20, 1996, pitfall ( SAM N1998 View Materials /920), 13 ; Tirrawarra, adjacent to Embartia Swamp , 27 ° 43 ̍ S, 140 ° 08 ̍ E, Sept. 1983 (M. Thompson, G. Medlin, SAM N1998 View Materials /383–385), 3♀ ; 1 km N White Bull Yard, Kalamurina Station, 27 ° 52 ̍ S, 137 ° 55 ̍ E, Oct. 2–8, 1999, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM NN9451–9452 View Materials ), 23. Victoria: 8.8 km N Cullulleraine , 34 ° 12 ̍ S, 141 ° 35 ̍ E, Feb.–June 1986, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMV K4638 View Materials ), 7♀, Oct. 1986, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13, Feb. 1987, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 3♀ ; 7.7 km ENE confluence of Lindsay Riv er and Mullaroo Creek , 34 ° 07 ̍ S, 141 ° 12 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 1♀ ; 7.9 km SE confluence of Lindsay River and Mullaroo Creek , 34 ° 10 ̍ S, 141 ° 11 ̍ E, Feb. 1986, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMV K4636 View Materials ), 1♀ ; 8.3 km SE confluence of Lindsay River and Mullaroo Creek , 34 ° 11 ̍ S, 141 ° 10 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13 .