Fissarena barlee, PLATNICK, 2002
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-FF1D-A6E5-801D-27C2D9934827 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Fissarena barlee |
status |
sp. nov. |
Fissarena barlee , new species Figures 513–516 View Figs ; Map 40 View Map 40
TYPE: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap in Barlee Range Nature Reserve , 23 ° 06 ̍ S, 115 ° 45 ̍ E, Western Australia (June 1994; S. van Leeuwen, B. Bromilow), deposited in WAM (99/491) .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of F. castanea but have a much less angular palpal conductor (fig. 513); females also resemble those of F. castanea but have a rounded epi gynal atrium (fig. 515) and posteriorly enlarged epigynal ducts (fig. 516).
MALE: Total length 8. Coloration as in F. castanea . Leg spination: femora: II r010; III p110, r010; IV p110, r001; tibiae: I, II v1p1p2; III p100, r011; IV p101; metatarsi: II v21p0; III p000, r100; IV p100, r010. Retrolateral tibial apophysis situated at about half of segment length, long, angular (fig. 514); palpal conductor not sharply angled (fig. 513).
FEMALE: Total length 10. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora: II r010; III p110, r010; IV d101, p100, r000; tibiae: I, II v1p1p2; III p000, r011; IV p101; metatarsi: II v200; III p000, r00 0; IV p100. Epigynal atrium rounded, with translucent flange (fig. 515); ducts enlarged posteriorly (fig. 516).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Barlee Range Nature Reserve , 23 ° 05 ̍ S, 115 ° 47 ̍ E, June 15–18, 1994, dry pitfall (P. G. Kendrick, WAM 99 About WAM /494), 1♀ ; Barlee Range Nature Reserve , 23 ° 06 ̍ S, 116 ° 00 ̍ E, June 19–22, 1994, dry pitfall (P. G. Kendrick, WAM 99 About WAM /492, 493), 23 ; Barlee Range Nature Reserve , 23 ° 23 ̍ S, 115 ° 53 ̍ E, June 11–14, 1994, dry pitfall (P., G. Kendrick, WAM 99 About WAM /495), 1♀ .
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Barlee Range, Western Australia (map 40).
WAM |
Western Australian Museum |
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