Wandella centralis Gray 1994

Ivan L. F. Magalhaes, 2016, On new or poorly known Australian Filistatidae spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae), including a study on the fine morphology of Wandella, Journal of Natural History 50 (29 - 30), pp. 1815-1858 : 39

Wandella centralis Gray 1994

Wandella centralis Gray 1994 :

Male holotype from Alice Springs, NT, 23°42' S, 133°52' E, 29/X/1962, E.S. Ross & D. Cavagnaro, deposited in CAS, not examined. Paratype females from the same locality, examined.

Distribution

Deserts of central Australia ( Figure 15 ); newly recorded from South Australia.

Material examined

Australia. Northern Territory Alice Springs [133.86667°, −23.7°], E.S. Ross & D. Gavagnaro, 29/X/1962, not dissected, 3 ♀ ( CAS 9057619*); not dissected, 1 ♀ ( CAS 16852*). South Australia: 1 km northwest Emu, in Myal log on ground (132.1°, −28.38333°), D.C. Lee, 7/X/1976, 1 ♀ ( SAM NN 28376); Serpentine Lakes, East side, under bark (129.03333°, −28.5°), P. Hudson, 8/IV/1994, 2 ♀ ( SAM NN 28375).

Figures

Figure 15. Distribution maps for Australian filistatids (including records by Gray 1994). Above: triangles = Wandella barbarella, white circles = Wandella diamentina, stars = Wandella grayi, black circles = Wandella murrayensis, asterisks = Wandella orana, crosses = Wandella parnabyi, white squares = Wandella waldockae. Below: triangles = Wandella alinjarra, black circles = Wandella australiensis, asterisks = Wandella centralis, star = Wandella infernalis, cross = Wandella pallida, white circles = Wandella stuartensis, squares = Yardiella humphreysi.