Miturgopelma culgoa, Raven & Hebron & Williams, 2023

Raven, Robert J., Hebron, Wendy & Williams, Kylie, 2023, Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae), Zootaxa 5358 (1), pp. 1-117 : 38-40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5358.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1A17A242-2E91-4F43-9E5D-063F8C0CBE72
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10169171
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A20879E-572C-FFDB-7DD4-F88F3DCE72BA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Miturgopelma culgoa
status	sp. nov.

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Miturgopelma culgoa sp. nov.

Fig. 27 View FIGURE 27

Diagnosis. Males most closely resemble those of Miturgopelma brachychiton sp. nov., but differ in the slender embolus with sub basal origin and the median apophysis as an open, V-shaped “collar” forming a subapical cavity ( Fig. 27a View FIGURE 27 ) and lacking the transverse subdistal ridge. Female unknown.

Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition from the type locality.

Type material. Queensland: male holotype, Culgoa Floodplain NP, Myola house, 4 km NWW ( CG5 PN), mulga, K.A. Coward, 8 Jan–10 Feb 2009, QM S116677 .

Description. Male, holotype QM S116677

Carapace 3.77 long, 3.34 wide. Opisthosoma 3.34 long, 2.31 wide. Total length, 7.11.

I: 4.65; 1.41; 3.77; 4.65; 2.19; 16.66. II: 4.57; 1.75; 3.70; 4.52; 2.89; 17.44. III: 4.52; 1.35; 3.62; 4.43; 3.08; 16.99. IV: 4.74; 1.56; 4.99; 6.11; 3.36; 20.74. Palp: 1.99; 0.85; 0.89; -; 1.95; 5.68.

Colour. Carapace and legs yellow brown, carapace with submarginal scalloped irregular dark lines. Opisthosoma dark with four paired white spots anteriorly, anterior and posterior pair larger and further apart. Venter entirely pallid.

Eyes. ALE much smaller than other eyes; AME, PME & PLE similar in size. Grate-shaped tapetum evident in PME. Sternal setae all similar. Weak scopula on metatarsi & tarsi I–IV.

Palp. RTA short, lower lobe trianguloid with distinct distal lobe; dorsal lobe small, digitiform. Median apophysis an open V-shaped “collar” forming a subapical cavity with small, curved tip. Embolus origin subbasal prolaterad with quickly tapering slender embolus.

Distribution. Known only from Culgoa Floodplain National Park, southern Queensland.