Miturgidae Simon, 1886

Raven, Robert J., 2009, Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: IV. The spider subfamily Diaprograptinae subfam. nov. (Araneomorphae: Miturgidae), Zootaxa 2035, pp. 1-40 : 3-4

Family Miturgidae Simon, 1886

Diagnosis (following Raven & Stumkat 2003): Two-clawed lycosoid spiders with grate-shaped tapetum ( Fig. 14 a, inset) and RTA of male with unsclerotised portion (e.g., Figs. 6 c, 14e). Eyes in two rows with posterior row slightly procurved to recurved (e.g., Fig 1c). Male pedal tibiae without basal fracture zone.

Remarks: This diagnosis specifically excludes Cheiracanthium and other Eutichurinae which do not have a grate-shaped tapetum or the unsclerotised section of the RTA; the Eutichurinae are considered more closely related to the Clubionidae (see Introduction).

Until version 8.5 of the Platnick catalog of spiders of the world, the year of creation of the Miturgini was considered to be 1885 but has since been corrected to 1886 ( Platnick, 2008).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Diaprograpta hirsti sp. nov., holotype male, palpal tibia, cymbium and bulb: a, palpal tibia, cymbium and bulb; b, bulb with median apophysis at widest; c, RTA, ventral view. Scale line: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 14. Mitzoruga elapines sp. nov., male: a, carapace, dorsal view; inset shows grate-shaped tapetum of PME of WAM 98 / 1693; b, palpal tibia and bulb, ventral view; c, tips of enlarged cymbial setae; d, shafts of enlarged cymbial setae; e, palpal tibia and bulb, retrolateral view; f, coxae III, IV, showing " thorns ", ventral view; g, abdomen, dorsal view; h, sternum, maxillae and coxae, ventral view; I, claws and claw tufts; j, patella and tibia I, prolateral view, showing long bristles apically and distally on patella. Scale line: 2 mm for a, g (same scale); 0.5 mm for b, e (same scale); 2 mm for h, 1 mm for f, j.