Rebilus wisharti, 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-

Rebilus wisharti , new species Figures 623–626 , 650 ; Map 49

TYPE: Female holotype taken in swimming pool at Gerringong, 34 ° 45 ̍ S, 150 ° 50 ̍ E, New

South Wales (Feb. 25, 1993; G. Wishart), deposited in AMS (KS51383).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Graham Wishart and his over­sized pitfall trap.

DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been collected together and are tentatively matched here on the basis of geography. Males have an enlarged palpal femur and tegulum, with a distally twisted terminal apophysis and a large, densely setose basal tibial apophysis (figs. 623, 624, 650); females have an m­shaped margin on the epigynal septum (fig. 625).

MALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in R. lugubris . Leg spination: femora: I, II, IV p1­ 1­0; III p1­1­0, r0­1­0; tibiae: III v2­2­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III p0­0­1, v2­0­2; IV p0­0­1, v2­0­2, r1­0­0. Palp robust, with basal segments enlarged, thick, basal tibial apophysis pronounced, bearing dense setae, distal apophysis small, laterally excavated, cymbium without modified setae (figs. 624, 650); tegulum enlarged, rotund, terminal apophysis distally twisted (fig. 623).

FEMALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora I–IV p1­1­0; tibiae: I, II v1p­1p­1p; III v1p­1p­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi as in male. Epigynal with m­shaped septal margin (fig. 625); postero­ median portion of epigynal ducts enlarged (fig. 626).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Beecroft , 33 ° 45 ̍ S, 151 ° 04 ̍ E, Aug. 20, 1999 (J. Noble, AMS KS62826 ), 13, Oct. 5, 1999 (J. Noble, AMS KS57336 ), 13 ; Copper Creek Road, 1.7 km down from Carrai Road, then downslope 200 m to gully, Carrai State Forest , 30 ° 57 ̍ S, 152 ° 23 ̍ E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall, elev. 330 m (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS43003 ), 13 ; Minnamurra Falls Reserve , 34 ° 38 ̍ S, 150 ° 51 ̍ E, Apr. 20, 1982, under rock (C. Horseman, AMS KS9027 ), 1♀ ; Mogo State Forest, Dog Trap Road , 9 km S Bateman’s Bay, 35 ° 49 ̍ S, 149 ° 56 ̍ E, Aug. 8, 1990, tall eucalypt forest, open understory of cycads and shrubs, elev. 50 m (C. Griswold, R. Moran, T. Meikle, USNM), 1♀ ; Mount Dromaderry (site not located), May 4, 1982, under saucepan (H. Parnaby, AMS KS21568 ), 13 ; Mount Keira Fauna Reserve, Scout Camp , 34 ° 24 ̍ S, 150 ° 51 ̍ E, Jan. 17–Feb. 14, 1979, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS2531 ), 1♀ ; Taree Case Mills , 31 ° 54 ̍ S, 152 ° 29 ̍ E, July 17, 1953 (H. Johnston, AMS KS35458 ), 13 ; Willovale, Scalloway , 34 ° 45 ̍ S, 150 ° 50 ̍ E, May 25, 1989 (G. Wishart, AMS KS30240 ), 13 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from New South Wales (map 49).

Figures

Map 49. Records of Rebilus binnaburra, new species (stars) and R. wisharti, new species (circles).

Figs. 623–626. Rebilus wisharti, new species. 623. Left male palp, ventral view. 624. Same, retrolateral view. 625. Epigynum, ventral view. 626. Same, dorsal view.

Figs. 648–650. Left male palpal tibia and proximal portion of tarsus, dorsal views. 648. Rebilus brooklana, new species. 649. R. bilpin, new species. 650. R. wisharti, new species.