Therlinya foveolata, Gray & Smith, 2002

Gray, Michael R. & Smith, Helen M., 2002, Therlinya, a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea), Records of the Australian Museum 54 (3), pp. 293-293 : 302

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1368
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/573AD206-134E-FFFE-DA46-FE59FB91C58E
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Therlinya foveolata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Therlinya foveolata View in CoL n.sp.

Figs. 5a–e View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6

Type material. AUSTRALIA: VICTORIA —H OLOTYPE: Ƌ, KS34792 ( AMS), near Delley’s Dell turn-off, Silverband Road, Grampian Ranges , 37°11'S 142°31'E GoogleMaps , 24 Mar. 1974, M. R. Gray, collected as juvenile, matured Apr. 1974. PARATYPES: ♀, KS34793, data as for holotype, adult coll.; ♀, KS34797, Stony Creek Bridge, near Hall’s Gap, Grampian Ranges , 37°09'S 142°30'E GoogleMaps , 21 Mar. 1974, M. R. Gray; 4♀♀, KS34795, 8 km SW of Hall’s Gap on Silverband Road, Grampian Ranges, 37°11'S 142°31'E GoogleMaps , 24

Mar. 1974, M.R. Gray; ♀, KS34796; ♀, KS34794, with 60 young; both data as for KS34795.

Other material. AUSTRALIA: VICTORIA ♀, KS73046, 10 km S of Forrest on Forrest–Apollo Bay Rd, Otway Ranges, 38°35'S 143°43'E, 31 Mar. 1978, M.R. Gray, in road bank—regrowth Stringybark forest above, in large sheet web, c. 35×15 cm curving up & out from bank retreat.

Diagnosis. CL 3.71–4.08. Separated from all other species by the pit-like epigynal fossa and centrad placement of the RTA.

Male (holotype). BL 7.71, CL 3.71, CW 2.47, CapW 1.53, EGW 1.03, LL 0.59, LW 0.50, SL 1.75, SW 1.49. Legs: 1423 (I 15.05, II 13.42, III 11.04, IV 13.89); ratio tibia I length:CW = 1:0.72. Male palp: Fig. 5a,b. Cymbium wide with well-developed retrolateral flange. Bulb longer than wide with tegular lobe placed basally. Embolus origin basal. Stem of T-shaped conductor anteriorly directed, posterior limb placed retrolaterally; tegular window small, prolateral. RTA large, centrad, and visible in ventral view; RVTA with broad, beak-like apex.

Female ( KS 34794). BL 7.67, CL 3.96 (3.96–4.08), CW 2.55, CapW 2.00, EGW 1.14, LL 0.63, LW 0.59, SL 1.82, SW 1.44. Standard colour pattern. Legs: 1423 (I 13.24, II 11.20, III 9.40, IV 11.60); ratio tibia I length:CW = 1:0.79. Epigynum: Fig. 5c,d View Figure 5 . Cordate, unpaired, central fossa with copulatory openings placed at anterolateral corners and opening posteromedially. Scape absent to rudimentary, probably represented by a midline cusp on the anterior epigynal margin. Internal genitalia: Fig. 5e View Figure 5 . Copulatory ducts short.

Distribution. Grampian and Otway Ranges, Victoria.

Comments. The Otway Range spiders may prove to be a separate species from the Grampian spiders but this will not be resolved until Otway males are available.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the pit-like epigynal fossa, unique within this genus.