The brisbanensis -complex

The brisbanensis -complex Rix et al., 2020: 694.

Remarks. The monophyletic brisbanensis -complex of Namea (Fig. 13) includes four previously described species ( N. brisbanensis Raven, 1984, N. cucurbita Raven, 1984, N. flavomaculata (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) and N. salanitri Raven, 1984), two new species described in the current study ( N. gloriosa sp. nov. and N. gowardae sp. nov.), plus numerous undescribed species from south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, where the spiders are largely ubiquitous in rainforest habitats north to at least the Conondale Range (Rix et al. 2020). Burrows are of the ‘wishbone’ type with a branching second shaft and concealed second entrance, with the main burrow entrance usually in the form of an irregular open hole lined with flocculent white silk (Fig. 10). Four species have been recorded on the D’Aguilar Range, and it is now known that multiple species in the brisbanensis -complex can occur in direct sympatry at many (and possibly most) rainforest sites at which they occur, making the association of females with males in this group particularly challenging in the absence of detailed field work or genetic data (Rix et al. 2020).