Tauala setosus, Żabka, Marek & Patoleta, Barbara M., 2015

Żabka, Marek & Patoleta, Barbara M., 2015, New species of Taual a Wanless, 1988 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Astioida: Astiae), with a redefinition of the genus, Zootaxa 4000 (5), pp. 501-517 : 513-516

Tauala setosus sp. nov.

Figs 51–57 , 63

Type material. Male holotype, Kemp Beach, MEQ, DW 21, 23°10' S, 150°48' E [-23.16667, 150.8], Queensland, Australia, vine thicket, pitfall trap, 23 Oct. 1990 – 22 Oct. 1991, D. Wallace, R. Raven, K. Williams, QMB S19609 . Etymology. From dense scale-like dark setae present on palpal tibia, to be treated as an adjective. Diagnosis. Tibia with dense scale-like setae, tibial apophysis bilobate like in T. bilobatus , but embolus longer and tegular apophysis missing.

Description. Male holotype in very bad condition ( Figs 51–57 ). Cephalothoracic cuticula separated from the rest (in two pieces), pale orange, but original colour not preserved. Abdomen macerated, original colouration not preserved. Clypeus not preserved. Chelicerae robust, light brown, with anterior big tooth and posterior longitudinal edge. Maxillae dirty-brown, labium brown, sternum dirty-orange. Legs I dirty-yellowish-grey, not fringed, tibiae and metatarsi with 3 and 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines, respectively. Legs II lighter, tibiae with three pairs of ventrolateral spines and one prolateral spine; metatarsi with two pairs of ventrolateral spines. The other legs dirtyyellow. Palpal organ as in Figs 54–57 . Dimensions. CL 2.03, CW 1.75, CH 1.16, AEW 1.63, PEW 1.25, EFL 1.101.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 63 ).

Figures

FIGURE 63. Distribution of T. zborowskii (1 record, white square), T. ottoi (1 record, black square), T. palumaensis (1 record, black triangle), T. bilobatus (1 record, circle), T. setosus (1 record, white triangle).

FIGURES 51 – 57. Tauala setosus sp. nov., male holotype. 51 dorsal view; 52 fronto-lateral view; 53 cheliceral dentition, endites and labium; 54 palpal organ, ventro-lateral view; 55 retrolateral view; 56 ventral view; 57 retrolateral view (e: embolus, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, sd: seminal duct, st: subtegulum, tl: tegular lobe, ts: tibial setae). Scale: 51 – 53 = 1 mm, 56 – 57 as in fig.