Meedo flinders, 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-FF87-A67A-8000-2408DAFD4B62
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Meedo flinders
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Meedo flinders , new species Figures 115, 116 View Figs ; Map 4 View Map 4

TYPE: Female holotype from pitfall trap in blue gum open woodland over acacias 4.5 km NNW Mount Cavern, Mount Remarkable National Park, Flinders Ranges, 32 ° 47 ̍ S,

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79. Epigynum, ventral view. 80. Same, dorsal view.

138 ° 04 ̍ E, South Australia (Nov. 20 –25, 1999), deposited in SAM (NN9450).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of M. yeni but have a wider epigynal atrium (fig. 115) and larger anterior spermathecal ducts (fig. 116).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 4.4. Coloration as in M. broadwater . Chelicerae vertical, endites relatively short. All tarsi entire. Epigynal atrium short, wide, posterior margin produced anteriorly at midline (fig. 115); anterior spermathecal ducts relatively large, extending anteriorly of atrium (fig. 116).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from South Australia (map 4).