Miturgopelma biancahilleryae, Raven & Hebron & Williams, 2023

Raven, Robert J., Hebron, Wendy & Williams, Kylie, 2023, Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae), Zootaxa 5358 (1), pp. 1-117 : 24-25

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5358.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1A17A242-2E91-4F43-9E5D-063F8C0CBE72
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10169151
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A20879E-571E-FFE4-7DD4-FA03381C7033
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Miturgopelma biancahilleryae
status	sp. nov.

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Miturgopelma biancahilleryae sp. nov.

Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14

Diagnosis. Males differ from other congeners by the undulating edge of the ventral lobe of the RTA and the simple, spine-like dorsal lobe, by the large AME ( Fig. 14c View FIGURE 14 ), similar in size to the PLE, and the median apophysis with a forked tip and basal mound ( Fig. 14a View FIGURE 14 ). Female unknown.

Etymology. The species epithet is in honour of Bianca Hillery, friend of Ember Gray, daughter of naturalist and QM donor, Mr Ian Gray.

Type Material. Queensland: male holotype, Dotswood, Hervey Range , 19°42’S 146°00’E, T GoogleMaps . Churchill , QM S116230 .

Paratypes. 13 ma., same data as the holotype, QM S116232 GoogleMaps .

Description. Male, holotype QM S116230.

Carapace 2.92 long, 2.34 wide. Opisthosoma 2.39 long, 1.58 wide. Total, 5.3.

I: 3.65; 1.39; 3.17; 3.35; 2.33; 13.90. II: 3.43; 1.26; 3.18; 3.06; 2.27; 13.19. III: 3.00; 1.18; 3.07; 2.90; 2.21; 12.37. IV: 4.30; 1.40; 3.96; 4.97; 2.77; 17.39. Palp: 1.23; 0.69; 0.51; -; 1.05; 3.48.

Colour in Alcohol. Carapace fawn with narrow black scallops submarginally. Opisthosoma dorsally pallid with fine brown flecking forming chevrons; venter and legs pallid.

Eyes. AME not enlarged; ALE smallest. AER and PER each almost two rows with leading edge of lateral eyes cuts trailing edge of median eyes. Sternal setae all similar. Weak scopula on metatarsi and tarsi I–IV.

Palp. Tibia short with short undulating lower lobe of the RTA and spine-like dorsal lobe. Cymbium without retrolateral groove or dorsal spines. Tegulum and subtegulum similar in size and shape, tegulum D-shaped to ovoid; median apophysis short, basally broad, narrowing quickly to deeply incised bifid tip forming retrolateral concavity with low mound basally; short embolus arises adjacent to embolus base.

Distribution. Known only from Dotswood Station on the Hervey Range, northwest of Townsville, northeastern Queensland.