Morebilus flinders, 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-

Morebilus flinders , new species Figures 387–390 ; Map 29

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall in a forest with Eucalyptus cladocalyx over Cassinia laevis 2.2 km NE Dutchman’s Peak, Flinders Ranges, 32 ° 19 ̍ S, 137 ° 59 ̍ E, South Australia (Nov. 20–25, 1999), deposited in SAM (NN9448).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of M. diversus but have a retrolaterally directed embolar tip (fig. 387) and lack dorsally di­ rected spines on the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 388); females have not been collected with males but also resemble those of M. diversus , differing in the shorter epigynal atrium (fig. 389) and more kidney­shaped spermathecae (fig. 390).

MALE: Total length 11. Coloration as in M. plagusius . Leg spination: femora I–IV d2­0­ 0; tibia II v3­2­2; metatarsus II v2­1p­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long, triangular, sinuous near base, without dorsally directed spines (fig. 388); embolus with rounded basal lobe and retrolaterally directed tip (fig. 387).

FEMALE: Total length 24. Coloration as in M. graytown . Leg spination: tibia: I v3­2­2; II v3­4­4; metatarsi: I v2­3­0; II v2­4­0. Epigynum with short but triangular atrium (fig. 389); spermathecae kidney­shaped (fig. 390).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Victoria: Mount Arapiles, 36 ° 45 ̍ S, 141 ° 50 ̍ E, Sept. 18, 1978, under large rock (D. Hirst, SAM N1999/48), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: South Australia and Victoria (map 29).

Figures

Map 29. Records of Morebilus swarbrecki (Dunn and Dunn) (stars), M. fumosus (L. Koch) (circles), and M. flinders, new species (square).

Figs. 387–390. Morebilus flinders, new species. 387. Left male palp, ventral view. 388. Same, retrolateral view. 389. Epigynum, ventral view. 390. Same, dorsal view.