Meedo 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-

Meedo flinders , new species Figures 115, 116 ; Map 4

TYPE: Female holotype from pitfall trap in blue gum open woodland over acacias 4.5 km NNW Mount Cavern, Mount Remarkable National Park, Flinders Ranges, 32 ° 47 ̍ S,

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79. Epigynum, ventral view. 80. Same, dorsal view.

138 ° 04 ̍ E, South Australia (Nov. 20 –25, 1999), deposited in SAM (NN9450).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of M. yeni but have a wider epigynal atrium (fig. 115) and larger anterior spermathecal ducts (fig. 116).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 4.4. Coloration as in M. broadwater . Chelicerae vertical, endites relatively short. All tarsi entire. Epigynal atrium short, wide, posterior margin produced anteriorly at midline (fig. 115); anterior spermathecal ducts relatively large, extending anteriorly of atrium (fig. 116).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from South 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. 113–116. 113, 114. Neato arid, new species. 115, 116. Meedo flinders, new species. 113. Left male palp, ventral view. 114. Same, retrolateral view. 115. Epigynum, ventral view. 116. Same, dorsal view.