New lycosoid spiders from cave and surface habitats in southern Australia and Cape Range peninsula (Araneae: Lycosoidea)

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 8 years ago

ABSTRACT – Two new genera of Iycosoid spiders (Araneae: Lycosoidea) from Australian cave and surface habitats are described. The monotypic genus Bengalla gen. nov. is erected for B. bertmaini sp. nov., a blind troglobite from Cape Range peninsula, Western Australia. Huntia gen. nov. is erected for H. deepensis sp. nov., an epigean species from south-western Australia; and H. murrindal sp.nov., a troglobite with reduced eyes from south-eastern Australia. The relationships of both these genera and Janusia Gray, a putative Iycosoid troglobite from the Nullarbor Plain, are discussed.