Karaops deserticola Crews & Harvey, 2011

Fig. 2B, Maps 1, 2

Karaops deserticola Crews & Harvey, 2011: 66, figs 59, 60 (♀, examined).

Diagnosis.

The median lobe of the epigyne gradually narrows distally unlike other species of the group (Crews and Harvey 2011: fig. 59).

Description.

The description of the female can be found in Crews and Harvey (2011).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

Karaops deserticola is only known from Mount Lindsay, South Australia (Map 2).

Natural history.

Karaops deserticola (Fig. 2B) has been collected in the Watarru subregion, a relatively small subregion, surrounded by the Kintore subregion of the Great Victoria Desert bioregion. The lone collection was made in August, a cooler, drier month of the year. The area is a relatively undisturbed wilderness of arid and semi-arid shrubland and grassland (Suppl. material 2: table S1). This species was collected under a rock slab on a bare granite slope.

Discussion.

This species is known from a single female specimen collected in 1980 (Fig. 2B). The locality is found in the Watarru subregion of the Central Ranges bioregion. This subregion is the home of the Watarru Indigenous Protected Area (Taylor Burrell Barnett Town Planning and Design 2007).