Zora ferruginea L. Koch, 1873: 443 Uliodon ferruginea Simon 1897: 111 Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae) Raven, Robert J. Hebron, Wendy Williams, Kylie Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-24 5358 1 1 117 (L. Koch, 1873) Raven & Hebron & Williams 2023 L. Koch 1873 [151,661,1839,1866] Arachnida Zoropsidae Miturgopelma Animalia Araneae 45 46 Arthropoda species ferruginea comb. nov.   Fig. 33      Zora ferrugineaL. Koch, 1873: 443, plate 34, fig. 8.    Uliodon ferruginea:  Simon 1897: 111.   Diagnosis.Males differ from those of  Miturgopelma watarrka  sp. nov.in the slenderer median apophysis; pallid body colouration with faint darker marks diffuse or showing little pattern. Size can vary by a factor of two. Differs from  Miturgopelma woz  sp. nov.in that the sclerotised dorsal point of the RTA bifid (see below) when viewed retroventrally ( Fig. 33f). Males differ from those of  Miturgopelma echidna  sp. nov.in the bifid (rather than single) point on the dorsal lobe of the RTA. The embolus arises from base of MA which is a simple curving hook ( Fig. 33b). Female unknown.   Type material.  Queensland: male holotype(  Zora ferrugineaL. Koch, 1873), “ New Holland”, Thorell collection no. 1310, RMS (examined).  Other material examined. 1 ma., Girraween area,  26 Dec 1974, R.  Raven, QM S54303; 1 ma., Girraween area, 28°50’S, 151°55’E,  20 Aug 1973, G.J. Ingram, QM S32721; 1 ma., Carnarvon Stn, 24°50’17”S, 147°46’52”E,  806 m,  7–12 Oct 2014, B. Baehr, QM S98250.  New South Wales: 2 ma., Junction of Wooloolni Wooloolniand Basket Swamp Rd, 28°55’S 152°08’E, Boonoo SF,  1070 m, NPWS survey, M. Gray, G. Cassis,  4 Feb–9 Apr 1993, AM KS38381.   Description. Male QM S54303 Carapace 3.43 long, 2.81 wide. Opisthosoma 3.56 long, 1.75 wide. Total length, 7.0. I: 3.75; 1.56; 3.25; 3.13; 1.81; 13.50. II: 3.31; 1.44; 2.94; 3.19; 2.13; 13.00. III: 3.44; 1.50; 4.50; 3.38; 2.06; 14.88. IV: 4.63; 2.00; 3.75; 4.38; 2.50; 17.25. Palp: 1.50; 0.81; 0.56; -; 3.95; 5.14. Colour: Carapace pattern of dark shell-like areas reduced to 3 paired dark areas, caput laterally defined by dark lines; opisthosoma dorsally pallid with weak mottling forming fine transverse lines; ventrally none, pallid; legs fawn without mottling. Eyes: All similar, small; ALE clearly smallest. Posterior row eyes more or less overlapping; PME and PLE inner edges well separated. Legs moderately long. Spines: Femora pv1 only on I, II; tibia I, II p2d3–4r2 on I, II; palp fe with p1; ti with d1–2; cymbium 0. Palp: cymbial hairs all similar; retrobasally with normal, narrow edge; apex of ventral lobe short, rounded; ventral lobe short, apically plate-like; ventral plate a short lobe, apically plate-like; dorsal plate with deeply bifid tip; RTA distal; short, directed laterally; two plates sandwiching unsclerotised zone; ventral plate a short lobe, apically plate-like; dorsal plate with deeply bifid tip; embolus central, directed transversely prolateral.   Distribution.Known from Carnarvon Range, in northeastern Queenslandto northern New South Wales. 4442871309 Australia Queensland 46 47 1 Queensland holotype 4442871410 [505,939,1461,1488] 1974-12-26 R Girraween area 46 47 1 4442871689 [949,1174,1461,1488] QM Raven 46 47 S54303 1 4442871824 1973-08-20 QM G. J. Ingram -28.833334 Girraween area 1230 151.91667 46 47 S32721 1 4442871779 2014-10-07 2014-10-12 2014-10-07 QM B. Baehr 806 -24.838057 Carnarvon Stn 21 147.78111 46 47 S98250 1 4442871822 NPWS Boonoo SF 1070 -28.916666 Basket Swamp Rd 1230 152.13333 Junction of Wooloolni Wooloolni 46 47 1 New South Wales 4442871655 1993-02-04 1993-04-09 1993-02-04 AM M. Gray Cassis 46 47 KS38381 1 New South Wales