Trachyspina daunton, 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-

Trachyspina daunton , new species Figures 654–657

TYPE: Male holotype taken indoors at Daunton, via Ilfracombe , 23 ° 16 ̍ S, 144 ° 49 ̍ E, Queensland (Apr. 29, 1998; E. McKenzie), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be distinguished from those of T. capensis and T. mundaring by the much narrower median apophysis (fig. 654); females resemble those of T. chillimookoo but have wider epigynal ducts (fig. 657).

MALE: Total length 7.5. Coloration as in T. capensis except carapace light red. Leg spination: femur IV d1­0­1; patellae III, IV d0­0­1; tibiae: I, II v1p­1p­0; III d0­0­1; IV d0­0­1, p1­0­0; metatarsi: II v2­1p­2; III v1p­ 0­0; IV v1p­1p­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis represented by pair of slight denticles (fig. 655); median apophysis narrow, distally hooked (fig. 654).

FEMALE: Total length 6.9. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femur IV d1­0­1; tibiae: I v1p­2­2; II v1p­1p­2; IV d1­0­0; metatarsi: II v2­2­2; III v2­0­0; IV v2­1p­0, r1­0­ 0. Epigynal atrium wide, semicircular (fig. 656); ducts wide, wider posteriorly than anteriorly (fig. 657).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: 13.5 km N Bogantungan, 23 ° 32 ̍ S, 147 ° 18 ̍ E, Oct. 26–Dec. 17, 2000, pitfall, ironbark woodland, elev. 880 m (D. Cook, G. Monteith, QMB S55079 ), 2♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southcentral Queensland, and the first member of the genus to be found in eastern Australia.

Figures

Figs. 654–657. Trachyspina daunton, new species. 654. Left male palp, ventral view. 655. Same, retrolateral view. 656. Epigynum, ventral view. 657. Same, dorsal view.