Platorish churchillae, 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-FF17-A6EA-803A-24C6D9444E8A

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scientific name

Platorish churchillae
status

sp. nov.

Platorish churchillae , new species Figures 481, 482 View Figs ; Map 37 View Map 37

TYPE: Female holotype taken 10 km W

Paluma , 19 ° 00 ̍ S, 146 ° 12 ̍ E, Queensland (Mar. 20, 1983; T. Churchill), deposited in QMB ( S34545 View Materials ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, Dr. Tracey Churchill.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the almost circular epigynal atrium containing a very narrow anterior epigynal hood (fig. 481).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 7. Coloration as in P. flavitarsis except only dorsal portions of coxae, trochanters, and femora IV yellow, Leg spination: tibiae III, IV v1p­1p­1p; metatarsi: II v2­2­1p; III v1p­1p­1p; IV v0­0­0. Epigynal atrium almost circular, containing narrow anterior hood (fig. 481); spermathecae confined to posterior half of epigynum (fig. 482).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 37).

QMB

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Trochanteriidae

Genus

Platorish

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