Molycria kaputar, Platnick & Baehr, 2006

Platnick, N. I. & Baehr, B., 2006, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Family Prodidomidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2006 (298), pp. 1-287 : 41-44

Molycria kaputar , new species Figures 86–90; Map 6

TYPE: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap 1.5 km W Killarney Gap, just W of top of

low ridge, Mount Kaputar National Park , 30 ° 099S, 150 ° 039E, New South Wales (Nov. 20–Dec. 11, 2001; H. Doherty, M. Elliott), deposited in AMS ( KS82231 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been collected together but are tentatively matched here on the basis of geography and their respective similarities to those of M. bundjalung (although the differences in abdominal setation suggest that the match may prove to be incorrect). Males can easily be distinguished from those of the other mammosa group species by the long, narrow embolus (figs. 86, 87) and very short retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 88), females by the diamond-shaped epigynal atrium (fig. 89) and the relatively straight and long epigynal ducts (fig. 90).

MALE: Total length 2.92. Carapace 1.34 long, 1.26 wide, 0.40 high, length/width 1.06; sternum 0.80 long, 0.76 wide, length/width 1.05; abdomen 1.58 long, 0.90 wide; coxa I 0.52 long; relative length of coxae I–IV 1.00:0.84:0.73:0.96. Cephalothorax, legs pale orange; abdomen pale. Carapace weakly covered with gray, plumose setae. Eye group width 0.73 of caput width; AME 0.13; ALE 0.10; PME 0.14; PLE 0.10; AME–AME 0.04; AME–ALE 0.02; PME–PME 0.02; PME– PLE 0.03; ALE–PLE 0.02; eye group AME– PME 0.28; AME–AME 0.30; PME–PME

88. Same, retrolateral view. 89. Epigynum, ventral view. 90. Same, dorsal view.

0.30. Clypeus 0.08 high. Abdomen covered with gray, plumose setae; ALS 0.53 of abdominal length, contiguous. Palp (figs. 86– 88): conductor originating distally, with ventrally folded distal end, retrolaterally directed tip; median apophysis short, ventrally excavated, with two distal tips; sperm duct weakly u-shaped; embolus long, thin, with sharp tip; retrolateral tibial apophysis tiny, triangular.

FEMALE: Total length 3.94. Carapace 1.46 long, 1.40 wide, 0.40 high, length/width 1.04; sternum 0.90 long, 0.82 wide, length/ width 1.09; abdomen 2.48 long, 1.40 wide; coxa I 0.52 long; relative length of coxae I–IV 1.00:0.81:0.69:0.96. Coloration as in male. Eye group width 0.74 of caput width; AME 0.13; ALE 0.10; PME 0.14; PLE 0.10; AME– AME 0.04; AME–ALE 0.02; PME–PME 0.02; PME–PLE 0.03; ALE–PLE 0.02; eye group AME–PME 0.30; AME–AME 0.30; PME–PME 0.30. Clypeus 0.08 high. Abdomen covered with shiny, recumbent scales; ALS 0.41 of abdominal length, contiguous. Epigynum (figs. 89, 90): atrium broadly triangular; epigynal ducts long, in x-shaped position with spermathecae, spermathecae about their diameter apart, globular, with one dorsal diverticulum.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Attunga State Forest, T-junction in track on back road, 50 m SW into forest, 30 ° 569S, 150 ° 569E, Nov. 16–Dec. 7, 2001, pitfall (G. Carter, AMS KS82218), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from New South Wales (map 6).

Molycria goanna , new species

Figures 91–95; Map 7

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in pitfall traps at an elevation of 575 m on Goanna Creek Road, 0.4 km from junction with Sandy Creek Road , Richmond Range State Forest , 28 ° 379S, 152 ° 429E, New South Wales (Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993; M. Gray, G. Cassis), deposited in AMS (male KS90485, female KS90486) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the beak-shaped tip of the palpal conductor (fig. 92), females by the arch-shaped anterior epigynal margin (fig. 94) and anterolaterally recurved epigynal ducts (fig. 95).

MALE: Total length 4.06. Carapace 1.82 long, 1.68 wide, 0.54 high, length/width 1.08; sternum 1.10 long, 0.98 wide, length/width 1.12; abdomen 2.24 long, 1.04 wide; coxa I 0.70 long; relative length of coxae I–IV 1.00:0.71:0.68:0.94. Carapace, sternum, chelicerae, legs orange; endites, labium orange brown, distally pale; abdominal dorsum gray, with weak orange scutum, half moon-shaped pale spot in front of spinnerets, venter grayish. Carapace weakly covered with cinnamon, plumose setae. Eye group width 0.78 of caput width; AME 0.18; ALE 0.14; PME 0.18; PLE 0.12; AME–AME 0.04; AME–ALE 0.02; PME–PME 0.04; PME– PLE 0.04; ALE–PLE 0.02; eye group AME– PME 0.38; AME–AME 0.40; PME–PME 0.40. Clypeus 0.10 high. Abdomen covered with cinnamon, plumose setae; ALS 0.56 of abdominal length, slightly separated. Palp (figs. 91–93): conductor originating medially, with ventrally folded distal end, retrolaterally directed tip; median apophysis about twice as long as wide, ventrally excavated, with two distal tips; sperm duct u-shaped; embolus long, thin, semicircular; retrolateral tibial apophysis long, triangular, dorsally directed.

FEMALE: Total length 5.12. Carapace 1.84 long, 1.84 wide, 0.66 high, length/width 1.00; sternum 1.20 long, 1.04 wide, length/ width 1.15; abdomen 3.28 long, 1.68 wide; relative length of coxae I–IV 1.00:0.85: 0.80:0.97. Coloration as in male but without dorsal scutum. Eye group width 0.8 of caput width. Clypeus 0.12 high. ALS 0.43 of abdominal length. Epigynum (figs. 94, 95): atrium broadly, rectangular, with wide, arched anterior margin, arched median ledge; epigynal ducts sausage-shaped, in x-shaped position with spermathecae, spermathecae less than their diameter apart, oval, coiled.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Acacia Plateau and Wilson’s Peak area, Korealah State Forest , 28 ° 169S, 152 ° 279E, Dec. 11, 1988, pitfall, dry subtropical rainforest, exposed slope, elev. 600–900 m (Smith, Hines, Pugh, Webber, AMS KS43898 ), 1♀ ; Goanna Creek Road, 0.4 km from junction with Sandy Creek Road , Richmond Range State Forest , 28 ° 379S, 152 ° 429E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall ,

93. Same, retrolateral view. 94. Epigynum, ventral view. 95. Same, dorsal view.

elev. 575 m (M. Gray , G. Cassis, AMS KS36000 ), 1♀ ; top end, Tucker Box Road, Beaury State Forest , 28 ° 289S, 152 ° 249E, Feb. 4– Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall, elev. 740 m (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS36071 ), 1♀ ; Tweed Range , 28 ° 219S, 152 ° 589E, Feb. 22, 1989, pitfall, dry sclerophyll forest, elev. 400–500 m (Smith, Hines, Pugh, Webber, AMS KS57738 ), 1♀ ; Urbenville-Legume Road, gully in middle of Toolom Scrub Flora, Toolom Scrub Flora Reserve , 28 ° 289S, 152 ° 239E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall, elev. 715 m (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS36124 ), 1 Oi. Queensland: Mount Mitchell , 28 ° 049S, 152 ° 249E, Dec. 2, 1991 – Jan. 6, 1992, rainforest intercept trap, elev. 1060 m (D. Cook, QMB S30331 ), 1Oi .

DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Queensland and adjacent New South Wales (map 7).