Tauala zborowskii, 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 : 506

Tauala zborowskii sp. nov.

Figs 17–24, 63

Type material. Female holotype, Daintree National Park, 16º10' S, 145º22' E [-16.1667, 145.3667], Queensland, Australia, 18 Nov. 2012, Iain R. Macaulay, QMB S97817 .

Etymology. The species is named in honour of Mr. Paul Zborowski, Australian/Polish photographer, author of books on the Australian fauna and our companion during a collecting trip to NE Queensland.

Diagnosis. In comparison with T. lepidus , accessory glands are shorter and more distant from spermathecae (Fig. 24, arrow). The course of insemination ducts and position of accessory glands differ from that in T. ottoi .

Description. Female holotype (Figs 17–24). Eye field orange brown. ALE, PME and PLE surroundings black. Thorax yellowish with two longitudinal stripes. Abdomen with wide median yellow stripe and greyish-black pattern, sides whitish. Clypeus brown with a fringe of white hairs and with brown "cheeks". Chelicerae robust, brown, with frontal transverse ridges (Fig. 20). Maxillae orange-brown, with greyish chewing margins, labium orange-brown, sternum whitish. Pedipalp whitish. Venter whitish, with grey median stripe posteriorly. In front of trachea a tuft of brown hairs present (Figs 19, 22). Spinnerets dark-grey. First legs with no fringes (Figs 17–19), ventral and dorsal surfaces pale, sides brownish grey. Tibiae and metatarsi I with 4 and 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines, respectively. Legs II lighter and more delicate, tibiae with three pairs of ventrolateral spines and additional prolateral spine, metatarsus with two pairs of spines. Other legs lighter and more delicate. Epigyne (Fig. 23): copulatory opening area rather strongly sclerotized. Proximal parts of the insemination ducts V-shaped and accessory glands distinctively distant from spermathecae (Fig. 24). Dimensions: CL 2.64, CW 2.25, CH 1.74, AL 4.18, AW 2.44, AEW 1.94, PEW 1.63, EFL 1.34, LI 8.15 (0.61 + 1,60 + 2.12 + 1.34 + 2.41), LII 7.43 (0.59 + 2.03 + 1.59 + 1.00 + 2.22), LIII 7.27 (0.58 + 1.95 + 1.54 + 0.97 + 2.23), LIV 8.41 (0.54 + 2.47 + 2.12 + 0.83 + 2.45).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from 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).