Meedo harveyi, 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-

Meedo harveyi , new species Figures 61–64 ; Map 4

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in pitfall traps at Zuytdorp , 27 ° 16 ̍ S, 114 ° 01 ̍ E, Western Australia (Aug. 26–Oct. 15, 1994; A. Sampey), deposited in WAM (99/295, 296) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. Mark Harvey of the Western Australian Museum, who first recognized the species as new.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be distinguished from those of all other species by the small, hook­shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 62) and wide, tapered embolus (fig. 61), females by the posteriorly rounded epigynal atrium (fig. 63).

MALE: Total length 5.0. Coloration as in M. houstoni . Chelicerae vertical, endites relatively short. Tarsi III with cuticular cracks. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, hookshaped (fig. 62); embolus wide, uniformly tapered from base to point near tip, tip distinctly narrowed (fig. 61).

FEMALE: Total length 6.2. Coloration and mouthparts as in male. All tarsi entire. Epigynum with anteromedian hood and pocket, atrium posteriorly rounded (fig. 63); anterior spermathecal extensions large, extending anteriorly to level of epigynal hood (fig. 64).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Edel Land , 26 ° 32 ̍ S, 113 ° 32 ̍ E, Jan. 17–May 9, 1995, pitfall (A. Sampey, WAM 99 /304), 1♀ ; Trigg Dune Bush , 31 ° 53 ̍ S, 115 ° 45 ̍ E, Nov. 28, 1995 – Jan. 29, 1996, pitfall (M. Harvey, J. Waldock, WAM 99 /305), 13 ; Zuytdorp , 27 ° 16 ̍ S, 114 ° 01 ̍ E, Aug. 26–Oct. 15, 1994, pitfalls (A. Sampey, WAM 99 /297–303), 53, 1♀ ; Zuytdorp , 27 ° 16 ̍ S, 114 ° 02 ̍ E, Aug. 26–Oct. 15, 1994 ,

pitfalls (A. Sampey, WAM 99/306–309), 33, 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Western Australia (map 4).

Figures

Map 4. Records of Meedo harveyi, new species (circles), M. cohuna, new species (squares), M. flinders, new species (diamond), and M. munmorah, new species (stars).

Figs. 61–64. Meedo harveyi, new species. 61. Left male palp, ventral view. 62. Same, retrolateral view. 63. Epigynum, ventral view. 64. Same, dorsal view.