Neato arid, 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-

Neato arid , new species Figures 113, 114 ; Map 8

TYPE: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap on Mount Ragged, Cape Arid National Park , 33 ° 26 ̍ S, 123 ° 28 ̍ E, Western Australia (May 1, 1996; S. Barrett), deposited in WAM (96/ 1587) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the short embolus, which does not reach the tip of the palpal bulb (fig. 113).

MALE: Total length 2.9. Carapace as in N. walli ; abdominal dorsum dark gray, with scattered tiny white spots posteriorly, venter light gray; coxae and femora light yellow, femora and distal portions of patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi dark gray, proximal portions of patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi, and all of tarsi, yellow. Chelicerae inclined, endites relatively long. Leg spination: tibiae III v0­0­1p; metatarsi III, IV p0­0­1. Tarsal cracking as in N. walli . Retrolateral tibial apophysis ventrally excavated, tip directed distally (fig. 114); tegulum with distinct retrolateral projection, embolus short, not extending full length of bulb, conductor with sharply point­ ed tip (fig. 113).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Thumb Peak, Fitzgerald River National Park, 34 ° 02 ̍ S, 119 ° 43 ̍ E, Apr. 27, 1996, pitfall (S. Barrett, WAM 96/1588– 1590), 33.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southwestern Australia (map 8).

Figures

Map 8. Records of Neato kioloa, new species (diamonds), N. arid, new species (squares), and N. beerwah, new species (circles).

Figs. 113–116. 113, 114. Neato arid, new species. 115, 116. Meedo flinders, new species. 113. Left male palp, ventral view. 114. Same, retrolateral view. 115. Epigynum, ventral view. 116. Same, dorsal view.