Tauala lepidus Wanless, 1988

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 : 502-503

Tauala lepidus Wanless, 1988

Figs 1–5 , 58–59

Tauala lepidus Wanless, 1988: 120 –124; Davies & Żabka 1989: 209; Maddison et al. 2008: 53 –54, 58–59; Jackson 1988: 347 – 364; World Spider Catalog 2015.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA, Queensland, 1f, Daintree National Park, 16º10' S, 145º22' E [-16.1667, 145.3667], 18 Nov. 2012, Iain R. Macaulay, QMB S97815 .

Distribution. More common than other species, but known only from limited area in NE Queensland ( Figs 58–59 ).

Remark. The species has been described by Wanless (1988); here we add to the documentation colour photographs of the female and a distributional map.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Tauala lepidus (Wanless, 1988), female. 1 dorsal view; 2 ventral view; 3 frontal view, 4 epigyne; 5 vulva (ag: accessory gland, co: copulatory opening, id: insemination duct, p: pouch, s: spermatheca). Scale: 1 – 3 = 1 mm, 4 – 5 as in fig.

FIGURES 58 – 62. Distributional records (large blue dots) and predicted distribution (irregular stains): 58 – 59 T. lepidus (21 records), 60 T. athertonensis (2 records), 61 – 62 T. splendidus (7 records). Darker colour of stains = larger likelihood of occurrence).