Agathodesmus carorum sp. n. Fig. 7B

Holotype.

Male, Imlay Road, NSW, 37°07'40"S, 149°27'28"E ± 25 m, 610 m a.s.l., 11 November 2006, C. Car, G. Car, R. Mesibov and T. Moule, NMV K-11879.

Paratypes.

NMV: 1 male (K-11882), 1 stadium 6 female (K-11883), Nadgee State Forest, S of Eden, NSW, 37°23'56"S, 149°49'18"E ± 25 m, 260 m a.s.l., 12 November 2006, C. Car, G. Car, R. Mesibov and T. Moule; 2 females, same details but 37°24'54"S, 149°48'57"E, 230 m a.s.l., K-11880-11881.

Other material.

NMV: 1 male (K-11884), 2 females (K-11885), Dyer Creek, near Murrungowar, Vic, 37°38'26"S, 148°43'24"E ± 25 m, 170 m a.s.l., 8 November 2006, R. Mesibov and T. Moule; 1 male, Cabbage Palms Flora Reserve, Vic, 37°44'39"S, 148°38'55"E ± 25 m, 30 m a.s.l., 10 April 2011, R. Mesibov, K-11886.

Diagnostic description.

Male and female with head + 19 rings. Colour in alcohol pale white. Male/female ca 4.0/4.5 mm long; ring 12 maximum diameter ca 0.4/0.5 mm, maximum width ca 0.5/0.6 mm. Metatergal tubercles in ca 6 irregular transverse rows, mostly without setae; metatergal setae short; 3 lateralmost tubercles enlarged, forming narrow pseudo-paranotum. Male leg 6 without coxal projection. Telopodite (Fig. 7B) with pp slightly curved posteriorly, widening distally; at in transverse plane, long, tapering to blunt point and curving posteromedially; dp directed posterobasally at base; mab directed posterolaterally at ca 90° to pp axis, then curving basally, the distal margin emarginate in its medial portion; meb not divided, bent sharply and directed posterolaterally near base, apex behind medial edge of mab.

Distribution .

Wet eucalypt forest in far southeastern New South and far eastern Victoria (Fig. 11).

Name.

In honour of Catherine and George Car, co-collectors of this species at the holotype and paratype localities; adjective.

Remarks.

Like Agathodesmus bonang sp. n., Agathodesmus carorum sp. n. is white in colour when alive.