Therlinya nasuta, 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 : 311-312

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1368
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/573AD206-1357-FFE0-DA3A-FA8DFDF6C52D
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Therlinya nasuta
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Therlinya nasuta View in CoL n.sp.

Figs. 16a–c View Figure 16 , 17 View Figure 17

Type material. AUSTRALIA: QUEENSLAND —H OLOTYPE: ♀ QM S42263 View Materials , 7 km N of Mt Spurgeon ( Camp 2), 16°22'S 145°13'E, 17–19 Oct. 1991, 1200–1250 m, Monteith, Janetzki, Cook & Roberts. PARATYPES: ♀ QM S42266 View Materials GoogleMaps , Black Mountain , 4.5 km N of Mt Spurgeon, 16°24'S 145°12'E, 17–18 Oct. 1991, 1250– 1330 m, Monteith, Janetzki, Cook & Roberts; ♀ QM S42264 View Materials GoogleMaps , Carbine Tableland, Roots-Francis Ck divide, 16°25'S 145°15'E, 28 Nov. 1990, 1250 m, Monteith, Thompson, Cook, Sheridan & Janetzki (retained by AMS: KS76967 ) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. CL (3.33–3.58). Differs from all other species by its reduced scape with a prominent ventrally curved tip.

Male. Unknown.

Female (holotype). BL 7.25, CL 3.58 (3.33–3.58), CW 2.12, CapW 1.76, EGW 1.02, LL 0.55, LW 0.55, SL 1.59, SW

1.35. Northern colour pattern. Legs: 1243 (I 11.50, II 10.08, III 8.17, IV 10.00); ratio tibia I length:CW = 1:0.75. Epigynum: Fig. 16a,b View Figure 16 . Scape reduced and narrow, ventral surface concave, ending in a ventrally directed knob-like prominence. Internal genitalia: S42264 View Materials , Fig. 16c View Figure 16 .

Distribution. Known only from the Mt Spurgeon region, west of Mossman, northeast Queensland.

Etymology. Named for the rather nose-like lateral appearance of the epigynal scape (L.).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. This project received funding assistance through the New South Wales Biodiversity Strategy: Enhancement of Taxonomic Research grants scheme. Illustrations of T. lambkinae were made by Ms Christine Lambkin of the Queensland Museum. We thank Mr P. Lawless for provision of loan material from the Queensland Museum collections.