DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CAVE-DWELLING PHOLCID SPIDER FROM NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH AN IDENTIFICATION KEY TO THE GENERA OF AUSTRALIAN PHOLCIDAE (ARANAE)

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Abstract - A new species of cave-dwelling pholcid spider is described. Trichocyclus septentrionalis sp.nov. was collected in various caves in North West Cape, northern Western Australia; it does not show troglobitic features in its morphology and was also found outside caves. The genus Trichocyclus is diagnosed and differences with related genera are indicated. The type species, T. nigropunctus Simon, 1908, is redescribed. An identification key to all pholcid genera of Australia is presented.