Nomindra indulkana, 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 : 231-232

Nomindra indulkana , new species Figures 546, 547; Map 38

TYPE: Female holotype taken in pitfall trap 29.7 km WNW of Indulkana, 26 ° 529S,

133 ° 029E, South Australia (Oct. 24–31, 1998), deposited in SAM (NN10955).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of Nomindra yeni and N. berrimah but can be distinguished by the anteriorly expanded median epigynal ducts (fig. 547).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 2.72. Carapace 0.92 long, 0.84 wide, 0.36 high, length/width 1.09; sternum 0.62 long, 0.56 wide, length/ width 1.11; abdomen 1.80 long, 1.00 wide; coxa I 0.28 long; relative length of coxae I–IV 1.00:0.92:0.85:1.07. Carapace orange, mottled with gray; sternum orange; chelicerae, legs grayish orange; endites, labium orange, distally pale; abdomen gray, dorsum with three diffuse pairs of pale spots on top in inverted v-shaped position, venter pale. Carapace weakly covered with shiny, plumose setae. Eye group width 0.75 of caput width; AME 0.09; ALE 0.08; PME 0.10; PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.02; AME–ALE 0.02; PME–PME 0.02; PME–PLE 0.02; ALE– PLE 0.02; eye group AME–PME 0.20; AME–AME 0.20; PME–PME 0.22. Clypeus 0.04 high. Abdomen covered with gray, plumose setae; ALS 0.30 of abdominal length, contiguous. Epigynum (figs. 546, 547): atrium broadly, oval, with narrow anterior epigynal hood; epigynal ducts anterior part, greatly expanded, spermathecae contiguous, sausageshaped, twisted, transverse.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: South Australia: 29.7 km WNW Indulkana , 26 ° 529S, 133 ° 029E, Oct. 24–31, 1998, pitfalls, low open Acacia woodland ( SAM NN10956 , 10957 ), 2♀ ; 4.2 km WSW Ludgate Well , 26 ° 269S, 134 ° 519E, Nov. 14–17, 1995, pitfall ( SAM NN11862 ), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Western and South Australia (map 38).

Nomindra cocklebiddy , new species

Figures 548–552; Map 38

TYPE: Female holotype taken under rock at Cocklebiddy Cave , 31 ° 579S, 125 ° 559E, Western Australia (Jan. 3, 1972; M. Gray), deposited in AMS ( KS17279 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been taken together but are tentatively matched here on the basis of geography. Males can be distinguished by the large, triangular retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 550), females by the squared epigynal atrium (fig. 551).

MALE: Total length 2.14. Carapace 0.88 long, 0.80 wide, 0.28 high, length/width 1.10; sternum 0.56 long, 0.52 wide, length/width 1.08; abdomen 1.26 long, 0.60 wide; coxa I 0.28 long; relative length of coxae I–IV 1.00:0.85:0.78:1.07. Carapace orange; sternum yellow; mouthparts, legs pale; abdomen gray, dorsum with two pairs of pale spots on top, chevrons behind; venter pale. Carapace weakly covered with cinnamon, plumose setae. Eye group width 0.80 of caput width; AME 0.08; ALE 0.08; PME 0.09; PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.02; AME–ALE 0.02; PME–PME 0.04; PME–PLE 0.04; ALE– PLE 0.04; eye group AME–PME 0.20; AME–AME 0.18; PME–PME 0.22. Clypeus 0.04 high. Abdomen covered with cinnamon, plumose setae; ALS 0.47 of abdominal length, contiguous. Palp (figs. 548–550): conductor originating prolaterally, grooved longitudinally, distal part with sharp tip; median apophysis long, cane-shaped; terminal apophysis long, conical, prolaterally situated; sperm duct u-shaped; embolus long, thin, semicircular, embolar base separated from tegulum, hidden behind tegulum, situ- ated probasally; retrolateral tibial apophysis large, triangular.

FEMALE: Total length 2.74. Carapace 0.90 long, 0.82 wide; sternum 0.60 long, 0.60 wide, length/width 1.00; abdomen 1.84 long, 0.96 wide; coxa I 0.30 long; relative length of coxae I–IV 1.00:0.93:0.86:1.20. Coloration as in male but without scutum. PME–PLE 0.02; ALE–PLE 0.02. Clypeus 0.03 high. ALS 0.34 of abdominal length. Epigynum (figs. 551, 552): atrium rectangular, with one tiny, nearly circular median copulatory opening; epigynal ducts thin, short, irregularly curved, spermathecae contiguous, oval, transverse.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Skink Hole N82, Nullarbor, 31 ° 289S, 127 ° 559E, Sept. 10, 1966 (J. Lowry, WAM 93/ 2372), 1Oi.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Nullarbor region of Western Australia (map 38).