Trachyspina olary, 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 olary , new species Figures 331, 332 ; Map 26

TYPE: Female holotype from pitfall trap 3.2 km SW Tobacco Bush Dam, 32 ° 54 ̍ S, 140 ° 07 ̍ E, South Australia (Oct. 6–10, 1992; South Olary Plains Survey ), deposited in SAM ( N1999 /90) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females have a triangular epigynal atrium almost entirely occupied by a large septum (fig. 331) and small anterior secondary bulbs on the anterior epigynal ducts (fig. 332).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 6.1. Coloration as in T. mundaring . Leg spination: femora: I d0­ 0­1, p0­0­1; II d0­0­1; IV d1­0­1; tibiae: I v2­4­1p; II v2­4­0; III, IV v1p­1p­0; metatarsi: I v4­4­2; II v2­2­2; III v2­0­0; IV v0­ 0­0. Epigynal with triangular, posteriorly situated and narrowed atrium, almost filled with wide septum (fig. 331); anterior ducts relatively narrow, with anterior secondary bulbs (fig. 332).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: South Australia: Kolay Hut , 32 ° 33 ̍ S, 135 ° 36 ̍ E, Dec. 8–11, 1989, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM N1997 / 92), 1♀ ; Middleback Station , 32 ° 57 ̍ S, 137 ° 23 ̍ E, June 1983 (B. Guerin, SAM N1997 /154), 1♀ ; 5 km NW Rocky Dam , 32 ° 53 ̍ S, 139 ° 36 ̍ E, Oct. 14–16, 1992, pitfall ( SAM N1999 /91), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from South Australia (map 26).

Figures

Map 26. Records of Trachyspina mundaring, new species (squares), T. olary, new species (circles), and T. chillimookoo, new species (star).

Figs. 327–332. Epigyna, ventral (top row) and dorsal (bottom row) views. 327, 328. Trachyspina madura, new species. 329, 330. T. illamurta, new species. 331, 332. T. olary, new species.