Austrotengella monteithi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tengelloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Tengelloidea

Familia: Tengellidae
Genus: Austrotengella
Species: Austrotengella monteithi

Name

Austrotengella monteithi Raven, 2012: 43, Figs 3, 7a, b, 8a–f, 9a–c, 10a, b

Holotype: QM S57227, male, 12 Apr 1995, G.Monteith, K. Koch, G. Thompson.

Type locality: Mt Boss State Forest (valley), 31°12'S 152°24'E, New South Wales.

Paratypes: Cooran Plateau, via Traveston, 26°20'S 152°47'E, rainforest, pitfall: 1 female, 9 Nov–31 Dec 1974, G. and S. Monteith (QM S33221); 2 females, 28 Mar–13 Aug 1975, G. and S. Monteith (QM S14186=allotype, plus one for juvenile); Cooloola, Lake Poona, 26°12'S 153°03'E, SE.Q, April 1979, G. Monteith (QM S72310); Enterprise Mine, North Stradbroke I, Blackbutt #1, 27°33'S 153°27'E, blackbutt, pitfall: 1 male, 22–23 Jan 2002, D.J. Cook (QM S56470); 1 male, 8–22 Jan 2002, Queensland Museum Party (QM S55776); 1 male, 0.5k N Cooran Tableland (barracks), 26°17'S 152°50'E, SE.QLD, 16 Jan–27 May 2002, flight intercept, rainforest, G.Monteith (QM S86414).

Etymology: In honour of Dr Geoff Monteith without whose strident activities over the past 35 years the invertebrate fauna of eastern Australia would be much more poorly known.

References

• Raven, R.J. 2012: Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders. V. A new lycosoid genus from eastern Australia (Araneae: Tengellidae). Zootaxa 3305: 28–52. Preview PDF Reference page.