Austrarchaea griswoldi Rix & Harvey 2012

Figure 1.Habitus and habitat images of species Archaeidae from north-eastern Queensland. A–D, Habitus images of live paratype specimens of Austrarchaea griswoldi sp. n. from Eungella National Park: A newly-moulted female with recently cast cuticle; B–C, female, lateral view; D, female carrying egg-sac. E–F, Habitat images: E, tropical rainforest at Broken River, Eungella National Park – type locality of Austrarchaea griswoldi sp. n.; F, dense tropical rainforest at Malaan National Park, Atherton Tableland – locality of Austrarchaea daviesae Forster & Platnick.

Figure 15.Austrarchaea griswoldi sp. n. A–B, Cephalothorax and abdomen, lateral view: A, allotype female (QMB S92213) from Broken River, Eungella National Park, NE. Queensland; B, holotype male (QMB S92212) from Broken River, Eungella National Park, NE. Queensland. C, Holotype male chelicerae, lateral view, showing accessory setae. D–F, Holotype male pedipalp: D–E, bulb, ventral view; F, detail of distal tegular sclerites, retrolateral view. G, Allotype female internal genitalia, postero-ventral view (genital plate removed). C = conductor; E = embolus; Es = embolic sclerite; T = tegulum; (TS)1-3 = tegular sclerites 1-3. Scale bars: A-B = 1.0 mm; E = 0.2 mm.

Figure 24.Distribution of Austrarchaea griswoldi sp. n.: A, topographic map showing the known distribution of Archaeidae in the north-eastern Queensland Mackay and Whitsundays Hinterland, with collection localities for Austrarchaea griswoldi highlighted in yellow; B–C, topographic and satellite maps showing detail of inset (A). Small circles in (B–C) denote unidentified female specimens; large circles denote described species of Austrarchaea.

Figure 25. Summary distribution of the Austrarchaea daviesae species-group in tropical north-eastern Queensland, showing collections records for described species (labelled, with black circles) and unidentified juveniles or females (yellow circles) (see Table 1). Note the high proportion of unidentified specimens, especially within the Wet Tropics bioregion between Cooktown and Ingham.

Description: English: Austrarchaea griswoldi from Eungella National Park: female, lateral view. Date: 30 August 2012. Source: Rix M, Harvey M (2012) Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1-55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.218.3662. Author: Michael G. Rix and Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum.

Description: English: Austrarchaea griswoldi from Eungella National Park: A newly-moulted female with recently cast cuticle. Date: 30 August 2012. Source: Rix M, Harvey M (2012) Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1-55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.218.3662. Author: Michael G. Rix and Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum.

Description: English: Austrarchaea griswoldi from Eungella National Park: female carrying egg-sac. Date: 30 August 2012. Source: Rix M, Harvey M (2012) Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1-55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.218.3662. Author: Michael G. Rix and Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum.

Description: English: Austrarchaea griswoldi from Eungella National Park: female, lateral view. Date: 30 August 2012. Source: Rix M, Harvey M (2012) Australian Assassins, Part III: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of tropical north-eastern Queensland. ZooKeys 218: 1-55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.218.3662. Author: Michael G. Rix and Mark S. Harvey, Western Australian Museum.