Neato barrine, 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 barrine , new species Figures 109–112 ; Map 7

TYPE: Male holotype taken from bark, fungi, and litter in a rainforest at an elevation of 750 m at Lake Barrine, Atherton , 17 ° 16 ̍ S, 145 ° 38 ̍ E, Queensland (July 29, 1982; S. and J. Peck), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the two dorsal projections on the retrolateral tibial apophysis and the thumb­shaped distal portion of the conductor (figs. 109, 110), females by the small, oval epigynal atrium (fig. 111) and the anteriorly widened lateral epigynal ducts (fig. 112).

MALE: Total length 3.3. Carapace as in N. walli , abdominal dorsum gray, posterior half marked with six pairs of paramedian white spots, sides light gray, venter white; legs as in N. kioloa except femora without dorsal stripes. Chelicerae inclined, endites relatively long. Leg spination: tibiae: III v0­0­1p; IV v0­0­0; metatarsi III p0­0­1. Tarsal cracking as in N. walli . Retrolateral tibial apophysis with two dorsal projections (fig. 110); embolus arched distally, conductor with long, thumb­shaped distal projection (fig. 109).

FEMALE: Total length 3.3. Carapace as in N. walli , abdominal dorsum gray, posterior half with only faint traces of two pairs of paramedian white spots, sides light gray, venter white; legs with femora, distal tips of patellae, tibiae, and fourth metatarsi brown, other segments light orange. Chelicerae inclined, endites relatively long. Leg spination: tibiae III v1p­0­1p; IV v1p­0­2; metatarsi IV v0­1p­2. Epigynal atrium relatively small, oval, containing triangular septum (fig. 111); spermathecae bipartite, posterior portion elevated relative to anterior, lateral ducts widened anteriorly (fig. 112).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Mount Molloy, 16 ° 44 ̍ S, 145 ° 19 ̍ E, summer 1992–1993, pitfall, riparian/woodland, elev. 400 m (S. Barnett, QMB S30454 ), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 7).

Figures

Map 7. Records of Neato walli, new species (circles), N. raveni, new species (squares), N. palms, new species (diamonds), and N. barrine, new species (stars).

Figs. 109–112. Neato barrine, new species. 109. Left male palp, ventral view. 110. Same, retrolateral view. 111. Epigynum, ventral view. 112. Same, dorsal view.