Tauala palumaensis, Żabka, Marek & Patoleta, Barbara M., 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C1A4B923-ABCB-47F2-93FE-7FB5C3C15D61 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6101535 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E40A87B5-536F-FF9B-BCF4-FF7EED25FC0F |
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Tauala palumaensis |
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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 ).
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Queensland Museum, Brisbane |
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