Tauala splendidus Wanless, 1988

Żabka, Marek & Patoleta, Barbara M., 2015, New species of Taual a Wanless, 1988 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Astioida: Astiae), with a redefinition of the genus, Zootaxa 4000 (5), pp. 501-517 : 505-506

Tauala splendidus Wanless, 1988

Figs 14–16 , 61–62

Tauala splendidus Wanless, 1988: 124 –126; World Spider Catalog 2015.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA, Queensland, 1m, [at] Claudie R[iver] and Portland Roads, Cape York Peninsula, 12º35'45" S, 143º24'44" E [-12.59583, 143.41222], 18 Aug. 1985, M. Bernie, QMB S90772 .

Distribution. Known only from two localities in NE Queensland ( Figs 61–62 ). Remark. The species has been described by Wanless (1988); here we add to the documentation colour photographs of the male and a distributional map.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 16. Tauala splendidus Wanless, 1988, male. 14 dorsal view; 15 fronto-lateral view; 16 palpal organ, ventral view (cf: cymbial flange, e: embolus, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, sd: seminal duct; tla: tegular lateral apophysis). Scale: 14 – 15 = 1 mm, 16 as in fig.

FIGURES 58 – 62. Distributional records (large blue dots) and predicted distribution (irregular stains): 58 – 59 T. lepidus (21 records), 60 T. athertonensis (2 records), 61 – 62 T. splendidus (7 records). Darker colour of stains = larger likelihood of occurrence).