Rebilus griswoldi, PLATNICK, 2002

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Rebilus griswoldi , new species Figures 631–634 , 652 ; Map 47

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 1000 m in a Nothofagus moorei forest on Beech Walk trail, Barrington Tops National Park , 50 km N Gloucester, 32 ° 05 ̍ S, 151 ° 37 ̍ E, New South Wales (Aug. 14, 1990; C. Griswold, T. Meikle), deposited in AMS courtesy of USNM .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. Charles Griswold of the California Academy of Science, collector of the holotype and other interesting Rebilus specimens.

DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been collected together but are tentatively matched here on the basis of geography and the oddness of their genitalia. Males have an elongated basal tibial apophysis (fig. 632) and a distinctively procurved tip of the terminal apophysis (fig. 631); females have a distinctive, deeply excavated epigynum (fig. 633).

MALE: Total length 11. Coloration as in R. lugubris . Leg spination: femora: I p1­1­ 0; II, III p1­1­0, r0­1­0; IV p1­0­0; tibiae: I, II v1p­1p­2; III v1p­2­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­ 1­1; metatarsi: III p0­0­1, v2­0­2; IV p0­0­ 1, v0­0­2, r1­0­0. Basal tibial apophysis elongated into projecting ledge, distal apophysis greatly widened just below tip (figs. 632, 652); tip of terminal apophysis directed prolaterally, away from tip of conductor (fig. 631).

FEMALE: Total length 20. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora: I, II, IV p1­1­ 0; III p1­1­0, r0­1­0; tibiae: II v1p­1p­2; III v1p­2­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III p0­ 0­1, v2­0­2; IV p0­0­1, v0­0­1p, r1­0­0. Epigynum deeply depressed, with wide septum (fig. 633); anterior epigynal ducts diffuse (fig. 634).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: 11 km NE Bulahdelah, O’Sullivans Gap Reserve , 32 ° 21 ̍ S, 152 ° 16 ̍ E, June 6– July 27, 1982, flight intercept trap, wet sclerophyll forest, elev. ca. 50 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 13 ; O’Sullivans Gap Rest Area, Bulahdelah State Forest , 32 ° 21 ̍ S, 152 ° 16 ̍ E, May 14, 1988 (D. Hirst, SAM N1999/44), 13 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from New South Wales (map 47).

Figures

Map 47. Records of Rebilus tribulation, new species (circles), R. maleny, new species (squares), and R. griswoldi, new species (stars).

Figs. 631–634. Rebilus griswoldi, new species. 631. Left male palp, ventral view. 632. Same, retrolateral view. 633. Epigynum, ventral view. 634. Same, dorsal view.

Figs. 651–653. Left male palpal tibia and proximal portion of tarsus, dorsal views. 651. Rebilus monteithi, new species. 652. R. griswoldi, new species. 653. R. grayi, new species.