Longrita millewa, 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-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAE52A-FF07-A6FA-8252-2390DACB4CBA

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Felipe

scientific name

Longrita millewa
status

sp. nov.

Longrita millewa , new species Figures 435–438 View Figs ; Map 34 View Map 34

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in drift fence pitfall trap 15.4 km N of Millewa South Bore, 34 ° 38 ̍ S, 141 ° 04 ̍ E, Victoria (Nov. 1985; A. Yen), deposited in NMV .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the doubly twisted tip of the embolus (fig. 435), females by the transverse anterior margin of the posterior epigynal ledge (fig. 437).

MALE: Total length 10. Coloration as in L. arcoona . Leg spination: femora I–IV d1­2­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis spear­shaped (fig. 436); embolus with prolateral projection at about one­third its length, tip doubly twist­ ed (fig. 435).

FEMALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in female of L. arcoona . Leg spination: femora I–III d1­2­1; metatarsus I v3­1p­0. Epigynum with large posterior ledge bearing transverse anterior margin, atrial area with transverse striations (fig. 437); membranous sac enclosing ducts widest at about half of epigynal length (fig. 438).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Taleeban , 33 ° 55 ̍ S, 146 ° 27 ̍ E, Nov. 3–8, 1999, pitfall, spinifex (D. Driscoll, QMB S52626 View Materials ), 13. South Australia: 1 km E Anabama East Dam, 32 ° 47 ̍ S, 140 ° 16 ̍ E, Oct. 5–9, 1992, pitfall ( SAM N1999 View Materials /33), 13 ; Arcoona Creek, Gammon Ranges National Park , 30 ° 26 ̍ S, 138 ° 58 ̍ E, Oct. 2–3, 1997 (B. Coventry, SAM N1999 View Materials /12, 13), 23 ; Billiatt Conservation Park , 34 ° 58 ̍ S, 140 ° 27 ̍ E, Nov. 19, 1996, vibration, mallee litter (D. Hirst, J. Forrest, SAM N1997 View Materials /151), 1♀ ; near trig point, Billiatt Conservation Park , 35 ° 01 ̍ S, 140 ° 29 ̍ E, Nov. 28, 1996, vibration (D. Hirst, SAM N1999 View Materials /36), 1♀ ; 4.5 km ESE Callory Bore, Black Hill Station , 31 ° 49 ̍ S, 138 ° 48 ̍ E, Nov. 15–20, 1999, pitfall, mallee over dense spinifex ( SAM N1999 View Materials /47), 13 ; N Ceduna, NE OTC Station , 31 ° 02 ̍ S, 133 ° 49 ̍ E, Sept. 27, 1988 (D. Hirst, SAM N1999 View Materials /38), 1♀ ; near Coonalpn , 35 ° 42 ̍ S, 139 ° 51 ̍ E, Oct. 1964, under flat granite outcrops (H. Mincham, SAM N1999 View Materials /39), 1♀ ; Lake Gilles Conservation Park , 33 ° 05 ̍ S, 136 ° 39 ̍ E, Apr. 2, 1987 (D. Lee, D. Hirst, SAM N1999 View Materials /37), 1♀ ; 30 km SW Mabel Creek Station Homestead , 29 ° 10 ̍ S, 134 ° 08 ̍ E, Oct. 1984 (P. Greensland, SAM N1999 View Materials /35), 1♀ ; 2.4 km N Sandford Dam, Danggali Conservation Park , 33 ° 19 ̍ S, 140 ° 55 ̍ E, Nov. 22, 1996, under casuarina bark (D. Hirst, SAM N1999 View Materials /17), 13 ; near Tomahawk Dam, Danggali Conservation Park, 33 ° 20 ̍ S, 140 ° 43 ̍ E, Nov. 25, 1996, vibration (D. Hirst, J. Forrest, SAM N1997 View Materials / 152), 1♀. Victoria: 16.2 km SW Hattah , 34 ° 50 ̍ S, 142 ° 07 ̍ E, Jan. 1986, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13 ; 7.2 km ESE Meringur , 34 ° 24 ̍ S, 141 ° 25 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13 ; 3.1 km N Millewa South Bore, 34 ° 45 ̍ S, 141 ° 04 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13 ; 12.8 km N Millewa South Bore, 34 ° 40 ̍ S, 141 ° 04 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 1♀ ; 17.8 km N Millewa South Bore, 34 ° 37 ̍ S, 141 ° 04 ̍ E, Oct. 1986, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 23 ; 22.7 km N Millewa South Bore, 34 ° 35 ̍ S, 141 ° 03 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13 ; Mount Herslake, Sunset Country , 34 ° 40 ̍ S, 141 ° 19 ̍ E, Sept. 29, 1966 ( NMV K3512 About NMV ), 1♀ ; 16.0 km SE Murrayville , 35 ° 22 ̍ S, 141 ° 19 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 23 ; 16.5 km SE Murrayville , 35 ° 22 ̍ S, 141 ° 19 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13 ; 17.8 km SE Murrayville , 35 ° 23 ̍ S, 141 ° 19 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 23 ; 19.0 km SE Murrayville , 35 ° 24 ̍ S, 141 ° 19 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 23 ; 20.3 km SE Murrayville, 35 ° 24 ̍ S, 141 ° 20 ̍ E, Nov. 1985, drift fence pitfall (A. Yen, NMVS), 13. Western Australia: Boyagin Rock , 32 ° 28 ̍ S, 116 ° 53 ̍ E, Apr. 9, 1961 (A. Main, WAM 99 About WAM /366, 367), 2♀ ; 15 mi W Merredin , 31 ° 29 ̍ S, 118 ° 16 ̍ E, Sept. 15, 1962, elev. 275 m (E/ Ross, D. Cavagnaro, CAS), 1♀ (penultimate but with epigynum) ; ca. 100 km NE Streich Mound , 29 ° 47 ̍ S, 124 ° 15 ̍ E, Sept. 23–25, 1991 (R. McMillan, A. Chapman, WAM 99 About WAM /364), 13 ; Weowanie Rock , 31 ° 08 ̍ S, 119 ° 45 ̍ E, Oct. 1981 (R. McMillan, WAM 99 About WAM /365), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Widespread across southern Australia (map 34).

NMV

Museum Victoria

QMB

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

SAM

South African Museum

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Trochanteriidae

Genus

Longrita

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