Trachyspina mundaring, 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-

Trachyspina mundaring , new species Figures 323–326 ; Map 26

TYPE: Female holotype from Mundaring, 31 ° 54 ̍ S, 116 ° 10 ̍ E, Western Australia (J. Springett; 1971), deposited in AMS (KS35543) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a narrower median apophysis, with a broader tip (fig. 323), than do those of T. capensis ; females have a pair of paramedian protrusions in the transversely oriented epigynal atrium (fig. 325).

MALE: Total length 6.6. Coloration as in T. capensis except abdomen pale white. Leg spination: femora: I d0­0­1, p0­0­1; IV d1­0­ 0; tibiae I v2­4­2; metatarsi: II v2­2­2; III, IV v2­1p­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis re­ duced to ridge (fig. 324); median apophysis horseshoe­shaped, with wide tip; conductor (but not embolus) visible in ventral view (fig. 323).

FEMALE: Total length 6.7. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora: I d0­0­1, p0­0­ 1; IV d1­0­1; tibiae: I v1p­4­0; II v2­3­0; III, IV v1p­1p­0; metatarsi: II v2­2­0; III v2­0­ 0; IV v1p­0­0. Epigynal atrium transverse, wider posteriorly than anteriorly, with pair of paramedian protuberances (fig. 325); posterior ducts coiling under themselves (fig. 326).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Barlee Range Nature Reserve , 23 ° 06 ̍ S, 116 ° 00 ̍ E, June 19–22, 1994, dry pitfall (P., G. Kendrick, WAM 94 /1543), 13 ; Bush Bay , 25 ° 05 ̍ S, 113 ° 43 ̍ E, Sept. 30, 1994 – Jan. 16, 1995, pitfall (N. McKenzie, J. Rolfe, WAM 99 /587), 1♀ ; Darlington , 31 ° 55 ̍ S, 116 ° 04 ̍ E, Aug. 1966 (G. Lowe, WAM 99 /590), 1♀, 1977 (G. Lowe, WAM 87 /1139), 1♀ ; McLelland’s property, 10 km NW Kellerberrin, 31 ° 38 ̍ S, 117 ° 43 ̍ E, Nov. 24, 1987 (G. Smith, WAM 99 /589), 1♀ ; Ryan’s property, c. 8 km E Durokoppin Field Station, 31 ° 23 ̍ S, 117 ° 44 ̍ E, Jan. 30, 1987, pitfall (G. Smith, WAM 99 /588), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Western Australia (map 26).

Figures

Map 26. Records of Trachyspina mundaring, new species (squares), T. olary, new species (circles), and T. chillimookoo, new species (star).

Figs. 323–326. Trachyspina mundaring, new species. 323. Left male palp, ventral view. 324. Same, retrolateral view. 325. Epigynum, ventral view. 326. Same, dorsal view.