A new genus of mygalomorph spider from the Great Victoria Desert and neighbouring arid country in south-eastern Western Australia (Araneae : Nemesiidae)

B.Y. Main; Volker W. Framenau

doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(3).2009.277-285

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A new genus of mygalomorph spider from the Great Victoria Desert and neighbouring arid country in south-eastern Western Australia (Araneae : Nemesiidae)

B.Y. Main and Volker W. Framenau

Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement, Vol.25(3), pp.277-285

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(3).2009.277-285

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Abstract

Swolnpes, a new genus in the mygalomorph spider family Nemesiidae, is described from the Great Victoria Desert and the Morgan Ranges in south-eastern Western Australia. Swolnpes includes two new species, S. darwini (type species) and S. morganensis, both of which are currently known from males only. Based on the configuration of the male pedipalp the genus is tentatively placed into the tribe Anamini Simon 1889, although some somatic characters, such as the lack of a tibial spur and the lack or low number of maxillary cuspules which are restricted to a narrow band, are reminiscent of the genus Teyl Main 1975 (tribe Teylini Main 1985).

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Title: A new genus of mygalomorph spider from the Great Victoria Desert and neighbouring arid country in south-eastern Western Australia (Araneae : Nemesiidae)
Authors/Creators: B.Y. Main - The University of Western Australia
Volker W. Framenau - Murdoch University, Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
Publication Details: Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement, Vol.25(3), pp.277-285
Publisher: Western Australian Museum
Identifiers: 991005570561907891
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
Resource Type: Journal article

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