Zephyrarchaea

Rix, Michael G. & Harvey, Mark S., 2012, Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia, ZooKeys 191, pp. 1-62 : 17

Zephyrarchaea sp. (unidentified juvenile specimens)

Note.

In the absence of adult specimens or molecular data, the following juvenile specimens from Western Australia could not be confidently identified as a known species.

Material examined.

AUSTRALIA: Western Australia:Stirling Range National Park: Talyuberlup Picnic Area, gully 400 m NW. of carpark, 34°24'42"S, 117°57'12"E, sifting grass patches within gully, 21.VI.2011, D. & S. Harms, 4 juveniles (WAM T118991).

Remarks.

These specimens are the first Archaeidae to be collected from lowland habitats in the Stirling Range National Park, and the first members of the Western Australian High Rainfall Zone Clade (Fig. 3) to be discovered in the Stirling Range. All four juveniles possess paired dorsal tubercles on the abdomen, clearly aligning them with Zephyrarchaea mainae and Zephyrarchaea janineae . Zephyrarchaea mainae has a known distribution that extends north to the Porongurup National Park (see Fig. 20), and it is possible that the Talyuberlup Picnic Area may represent a northern extension of this range. Adult specimens or sequence data are required to confirm the identification of this population.