Rebilus crediton, 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-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAE52A-FF7F-A681-825F-2408DF7149A1

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scientific name

Rebilus crediton
status

sp. nov.

Rebilus crediton , new species Figures 483, 484 View Figs ; Map 46 View Map 46

TYPE: Female holotype from Crediton , 21 ° 12 ̍ S, 148 ° 32 ̍ E, Queensland (Apr. 14–21, 1975; R. Kohout, V. Davies), deposited in QMB ( S28482 View Materials ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown; females resemble those of R. bulburin but have much shorter anterior epigynal ducts, and much more angular median epigynal ducts (fig. 484).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 18. Coloration as in R. lugubris . Leg spination: femora: II, III p1­ 1­0; IV p1­0­0; tibiae III, IV v1p­1p­2; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v0­0­2. Epigynal ducts very short, not extending near arched anterior margin of epigynum (fig. 483); anterior portion of ducts occupying about one­sixth of epigynal length (fig. 484).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Brandy Creek , 20 ° 21 ̍ S, 148 ° 43 ̍ E, Apr. 21– 26, 1975 (R. Monroe, V. Davies, QMB S28457 View Materials ), 6♀ ; Crediton , 21 ° 12 ̍ S, 148 ° 32 ̍ E, Apr. 14–21, 1975 (R. Kohout, V. Davies, ex QMB S28482 View Materials ), 1♀ ; Finch Hatton , 21 ° 09 ̍ S, 148 ° 38 ̍ E, Apr. 7–14, 1975, rainforest, under bark (R. Kohout, P. Filewood, V. Davies, QMB S28448 View Materials ), 2♀ ; Mount Macartney , 20 ° 50 ̍ S, 148 ° 34 ̍ E, Nov. 19, 1992, elev. 900 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, D. Cook, H. Janetzki, QMB S27735 View Materials ), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from mideastern Queensland (map 46).

QMB

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Trochanteriidae

Genus

Rebilus

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