Tauala palumaensis, Żabka, Marek & Patoleta, Barbara M., 2015

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 : 509

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C1A4B923-ABCB-47F2-93FE-7FB5C3C15D61

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6101535

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E40A87B5-536F-FF9B-BCF4-FF7EED25FC0F

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Plazi

scientific name

Tauala palumaensis
status

sp. nov.

Tauala palumaensis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 32–40 View FIGURES 32 – 40 , 63 View FIGURE 63

Type material. Male holotype, Paluma Dam Road, WNW Paluma, 19º00'32" S, 146º12'32" E, [-19.00, 146.20], Queensland, Australia, Malaise trap, 30 Nov.–16 Dec. 1988, QMB S90769 View Materials .

Etymology. From type locality, to be treated as an adjective.

Diagnosis. In comparison with T. lepidus , embolus longer, apophysis set more distally and tibial setae missing.

Description. Male holotype ( Figs 32–40 View FIGURES 32 – 40 ). Cephalothorax light-brown, eye surroundings darker. Between ALE and PLE tufts of white setae present. Abdominal colour pattern not preserved. Anterior and posterior spinnerets dirty-brown, median ones pale. Clypeus brown. Chelicerae brown, with frontal depression and transverse ridges. Promargin with one massive apophysis (tooth) and one small tooth, retromargin with 9 teeth ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 32 – 40 ). Maxillae and labium dirty-brown with lighter tips. Sternum pale. Venter colouration not preserved. In front of spinnerets a tuft of brown setae present. Legs I brown, ventrally fringed, tarsi yellow; tibiae with stripes of brown hairs and white scales, pro- and retroventral sides with 4 and 3 long spines, respectively, prolaterally additional spine present; metatarsi with 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines. Legs II dirty-orange, spination similar as in legs I, but prolaterally additional spine present. Other legs pale and delicate. Palpal organ as in Figs 37–40 View FIGURES 32 – 40 . Dimensions: CL 2.19, CW 2.18, CH 1.51, AL 3.32, AW 1.40, AEW 1.69, PEW 1.21, EFL 1.17. LI 8.09 (0.70 + 1.61 + 2.27 + 1.10 + 2.41), LII 6.67 (2.09 + 0.87 + 1.74 + 1.41 + 0.56), LIII 6.95 (0.57 + 1.84 + 1.57 + 0.80 + 2.17), LIV 8.18 (0.61 + 2.42 + 1.99 + 0.69 + 2.47).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 63 View FIGURE 63 ).

QMB

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Tauala

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