Platorish nebo, PLATNICK, 2002

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Platorish nebo , new species Figures 477–480 ; Map 37

TYPE: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap in mixed sclerophyll forest on Mount Nebo , 27 ° 23 ̍ S, 152 ° 47 ̍ E, Queensland (Oct. 16, 1978; A. Rozefelds), deposited in QMB ( S26473 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of P. flavitarsis but have a shorter dorsal flange on the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 478) and a distally bifid embolus (fig. 477); the female was not collected with the male but also resembles P. flavitarsis , differing in the size and shape of the epigynal atrium (fig. 479) and spermathecae (fig. 480).

MALE: Total length 6. Coloration as in P. flavitarsis except femur II also yellow. Leg spination: femur III d1­1­0; metatarsi: I v4­ 3­3; II v4­4­3; III v2­0­1p; IV v1p­0­1p; scopulae virtually absent on anterior legs. Retrolateral tibial apophysis relatively short (fig. 478); both embolus and retrolateral flange of median apophysis distally bifid (fig. 477).

FEMALE: Total length 10. Coloration as in P. flavitarsis except only proximal segments of leg IV yellow. Leg spination: metatarsi: I– III v1p­0­ 1p. Epigynal atrium u­shaped, with recurved anterior hood (fig. 479); spermathecae confined to posterior half of epigynum (fig. 480).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Stanthorpe, 28 ° 40 ̍ S, 151 ° 56 ̍ E, Mar. 21, 1988, between boards (G. Sarnes, QMB S4560), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern Queensland (map 37).

Figures

Map 37. Records of Platorish nebo, new species (stars), P. churchillae, new species (square), and P. gelorup (circles).

Figs. 477–480. Platorish nebo, new species. 477. Left male palp, ventral view. 478. Same, retrolateral view. 479. Epigynum, ventral view. 480. Same, dorsal view.