Leichhardteus badius Baehr & Raven, 2013

Raven, Robert J., 2015, & lt; strong & gt; A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific & lt; / strong & gt;, Zootaxa 3958 (1), pp. 1-258 : 105-106

Leichhardteus badius Baehr & Raven, 2013

( Fig. 54a–d )

Leichhardteus badius Baehr & Raven, 2013: 353 , figs 2H, 5A–K, 11.

New Material. Queensland: 1♀, Bunya Mtns , 26°53'S, 151°36'E, rainforest, flight intercept trap, 1 Dec 1991 – 7 Jan 1992, D.J. Cook, QM S50416 ; 1♀, Perseverance Creek Forest Reserve , site 1, 27°21'S, 152°06'E, eucalypt woodland, 4 Dec 2003, QMP, QM S61198 ; 1♀, Binjour Plateau, Swains Rd , 25°32'S, 151°30'E, vine scrub, pitfall, 20 Dec 1997 – 26 Apr 1998, G. Monteith, QM S50407 ; 1♀, Blackbutt Ra summit, 5 km E Benarkin, 26°52'S, 152°11'E, rainforest, pitfall, 24 Nov 1995 – 3 Feb 1996, G. Monteith, QM S50415 ; 1♀, Toowoomba , 27°34'S, 151°57'E, litter, 11 Oct 2003, R . Atkinson , QM S61047 ; 1♀, Split Yard Ck , 27°23'S, 152°38'E, vine scrub, human dung trap, 13 Jan–7 Apr 1999, G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QM S49983 ; 1♀, Bunya Mtns NP, Dandabah , 26°54'S, 151°34'E, sweeping/beating, 1–7 Mar 1976, V . Davies, L. Chapman , QM S29512 ; 1♂, Yarraman, Cooyar Ra , 26°52'S, 151°54'E, rainforest, flight intercept trap, 7 Jan–2 Mar 1992, D.J. Cook, QM S25023 ; 1♀, Yarraman , 26°51'S, 152°00'E, rainforest, flight intercept trap, 7 Jan–2 Mar 1992, D.J. Cook, QM S25006 .

Diagnosis. Males differ from those of L. bimaculatus and L. kroombit in lacking a paracymbial spine ( Fig. 54b ); females differ from those of L. kroombit in the relatively wider separated copulatory openings ( Fig. 54c ).

Supplementary description holotype male QM S31555 . Carapace 3.16 long, 2.47 wide. Total length 6.2. Like ♀ except as follows: spines: I: fe pv1d2; ti v2.2.2; me v2.2. II: like I but also ti p1. III: fe p2d3r2; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. IV: fe p2d3r1; ti p2d1r2v2.2.3; me p3r3v2.2.3. Palp: fe p1d2; pa p1 weak; ti p 2w. Palp: femur with long retrodistal bulge. Paracymbial spine entirely absent; bulb like L. bimaculatus .

Female. Based on allotype and QM S31545 . Carapace 4.00 long, 3.06 wide. Total length 9.1. Colour: dorsal scute small, darker orange brown; genital scute orange brown. Carapace: light cover of feathery white hairs on interstrial ridges. Chelicerae: large, porrect; fang shield low. 3P, 2 R. Sternum: with strong edge and inner groove, not pustulose. Slight precoxal thickenings opposite all coxae, precoxal sclerites only at I/ II. Legs: coxae not ventrally pustulose. RCH evident; all trochanters notched shallowly. Scopula on tarsi I– IV for distal half, divided on metatarsi I and II; sparsely setose; no feathery hairs evident. Spines: tibiae & metatarsi I and II with long tapering spines, 5–15% overlapping. I: fe p1d2; ti v2.2.2; me v2.2. II: fe p1d2; ti v2.2.2; me v2.2. III: fe p2d3r1; ti p2r2v2.2.2; me p3d3v2.2.3. IV: fe p2d3r1; ti p2r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. Palp: fe p1d2; pa p1d1 apical bristle; ti p2 basal; ta p2r1v3 distal. Claws: short dentate, few long spatulate hairs just above it. Claw tufts bigger on IV than on I. Abdomen: small, triangular dorsal scute from front just onto dorsal surface; no ventral scute; genital scute with distinct paragenital brackets extending laterally over distal booklung margin; tracheal scute small, ovoid with rounded ridge. Epigyne: broad, domed with paired spiralled lateral fossae .

Distribution and Habitat. Known only from rainforest in the Bunya Mtns and Yarraman, Southeast Queensland.

Figures

FIGURE 54. Leichhardteus badius Baehr & Raven, 2013: male, QM S39047: palpal tibia, bulb and cymbium, ventral (a), and retrolateral (b) views. Female, QM S59047: epigyne, external (c), and internal (d).