NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF HERSILIIDAE FROM AUSTRALIA, WITH AN UPDATED KEY TO ALL AUSTRALIAN SPECIES (ARACHNIDA ARANEAE HERSILIIDAE) FOURTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HERSILIIDAE

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Abstract - One new species of the genus Hersilia Savigny and Audouin and 9 new species of the genus Tamopsis Baehr and Baehr from Western Australia, Northern Territory, and New South Wales are described: Hersilia mimbi sp. nov., Tamopsis riverinae sp. nov., T. facialis sp. nov., T. piankai sp. nov., T. harveyi sp. nov., T. gibbosa sp. nov., T. mainae sp. nov., T. triangularis sp. nov., T. gracilis sp. nov., and T. longbollomi sp. nov. New records of several other Tamopsis species are presented, and the ranges of some species are considerably extended. An updated key to all Australian species of Hersiliidae is presented to replace the key in the revision of the Australian Hersiliidae (Baehr and Baehr 1987). The insufficient knowledge of the habits especially in the group of low-eyed species of the genus Tamopsis prevents a better understanding of the phylogenetic relations and biogeography in this group.