Borrala webbi, Gray & Smith, 2004

Gray, M. R. & Smith, H. M., 2004, The “ Striped ” Group of Stiphidiid Spiders: Two New Genera from Northeastern New South Wales, Australia (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Amaurobioidea), Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1), pp. 123-138 : 123-138

Borrala webbi n.sp.

Figs. 7a,b , 8a

Etymology. The species is namedfor of the collector of the types, G.A. Webb.

Types. Australia, New South Wales. HOLOTYPE Ƌ KS43507, Mt Boss SF (Fenwicks), 31°12'S 152°24'E, Oct 1980, G.A. Webb, Forestry Commission . PARATYPES ƋƋ KS72861 & KS72862, data as holotype; Ƌ KS44143, Werrikimbe NP, North Plateau , 31°15'S 152°14'E, 28 Dec 1993, D. Bickel, beech forest .

Other material. Australia: New South Wales. Ƌ KS17667, Mt Boss SF (Thumb), 31°12'S 152°24'E, Oct 1980, G.A. Webb, Forestry Commission .

Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other members of the genus by the simple, beak-like distal conductor.

Male (holotype). BL 6.33, CL 3.10 (2.37–3.10), CW 2.29, CapW 1.31, EGW 0.86, LL 0.49, LW 0.47, SL 1.49, SW 1.33. Legs: 423 (I: not available; II: 13.42; III: 11.42; IV: 13.50). Male Palp: ( Fig. 7a,b ). Patella only slightly longer than wide. RTA tapering rapidly from broad base to spinelike apex. RVTA with a retroapical tubercle. Sperm duct relatively thinner and more sinuously S-looped on tegulum. Conductor weakly T-shaped, beak-like distally, with a deep embolic groove along apical margin. Embolus relatively narrow basally and of only moderate thickness, not flattened distally. Tegular window small.

Female. Not known.

Distribution. Northern Hastings River catchment, eastern Great Dividing Range, mid-northeastern New South Wales.

Figures

Fig. 7. Borrala webbi n.sp. (a,b) Male palp (KS43507): (a) ventral, (b) retrolateral. Scale line 0.5 mm.

Fig. 8. Locality records for Borrala n.gen. (map a) and Pillara n.gen. (map b) species, northeastern New South Wales.