NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF HERSILIIDAE FROM AUSTRALIA (ARACHNIDA ARANEAE HERSILIIDAE). SIXTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HERSILIIDAE

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Abstract - Eight new species of Hersiliidae from various parts of Australia are described: Hersilia bifurcata sp. nov., H. wellswebberae sp. nov. (both far Northern Territory), H. longbottomi sp nov,. H. tenuifurcata sp. nov. (both Kimberley Division, Western Australia), Tamopsis hirsti sp. nov. (eastern central South Australia), T. kimberleyana sp. nov., T. minor sp. nov. (both Kimberley Division, Western Australia), and T. warialdae sp. nov. (northern New South Wales). The hitherto unknown male of Tamopsis ediacarae Baehr and Baehr, 1988 is described. According to new material from South Australia (including males and females from the same locality) and to new evidence, T. distinguenda Baehr and Baehr, 1992 is synonymized wIth T. reevesbyana Baehr and Baehr, 1987, T. triangularis Baehr and Baehr, 1993 is
synonymized with T. facialis Baehr and Baehr, 1993, and T. marri Baehr and Baehr, 1989 is synonymized with T. pseudocircumvidens Baehr and Baehr, 1987. New records containing range extensIons of several rare or rarely recorded hersiliid species are presented.