Cryptoerithus rough, Platnick & Baehr, 2006

Platnick, N. I. & Baehr, B., 2006, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Family Prodidomidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2006 (298), pp. 1-287 : 260-261

Cryptoerithus rough , new species Figures 620–624; Map 43

TYPE: Male holotype taken under bark at Watervalley Station, 8 km N of Mount Rough,

36 ° 189S, 139 ° 549E, South Australia (Oct. 14, 2000), deposited in SAM (NN11803).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. hasenpuschi but have a smaller retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 622) and a much shorter tegular spur (fig. 621); females also resemble those of C. hasenpuschi but have much smaller anterior epigynal ducts (fig. 624).

MALE: Total length 2.96. Carapace 1.32 long, 1.14 wide, 0.52 high, length/width 1.15; sternum 0.98 long, 0.78 wide, length/ width 1.25; abdomen 1.64 long, 0.86 wide; coxa I 0.58 long; relative length of coxae I–IV 1:0.89:0.69:1.10. Carapace pale, with dark filigree net pattern; sternum, mouthparts pale; abdomen gray, venter pale; legs gray. Eye group width 0.77 of head width; AME 0.10; ALE 0.10; PME 0.18; PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.02; AME–ALE 0.02; PME– PME 0.00; PME–PLE 0.04; ALE–PLE 0.02; eye group AME–PME 0.28; AME– AME 0.22; PME–PME 0.28. Clypeus 0.02 high. Abdomen covered with gray plumose setae, frontally without band of bent setae, venter with two longitudinal rows of stiff, erect setae; ALS 0.29 of abdominal length, about half their diameter apart. Tarsi I, II proventrally with band of scaled setae. Palp (figs. 620–622): conductor originating prolaterally, long, semicircular; median apophysis cane-shaped, about twice as long as wide; terminal apophysis short, conical, prolaterally situated; sperm duct weakly s-shaped; embolus thin, semicircular, originating prolaterally; retrolateral tibial apophysis short, bilobate; femur lacking ventral process.

FEMALE: Total length 3.20. Carapace 1.44 long, 1.22 wide, 0.52 high, length/width 1.18; sternum 1.02 long, 0.84 wide, length/ width 1.21; abdomen 1.76 long, 1.02 wide; relative length of coxae I–IV 1:0.86:0.69:1.20. Coloration as in male. Eye group width 0.64 of head width; eye group AME–PME 0.32; PME–PME 0.26. ALS 0.38 of abdominal length. Epigynum (figs. 623, 624): atrium with wide, arched anterior margin, lateral plates rectangular; spermathecae sausageshaped, twisted, slightly separated.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: South Australia: Gum Lagoon Conservation Park , 36 ° 179S, 140 ° 029E, Mar. 26, 1992, lagoon edge, vibration (D. Hirst, SAM NN11801 ), 1♀ ; 13 km N Keilira Station , W Marcollat, 36 ° 379S, 140 ° 109E, Apr. 1979 (D. Hirst, SAM NN22275 , 22276 ), 2♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern South Australia (map 43).