Leichhardteus yagan, Raven, 2015

Raven, Robert J., 2015, & lt; strong & gt; A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific & lt; / strong & gt;, Zootaxa 3958 (1), pp. 1-258 : 112-114

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A722F37A-A630-4284-B00B-D684C90298E2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14952167
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE1B87BD-F46A-FFA9-6BFA-FA638547B695
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leichhardteus yagan
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leichhardteus yagan View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 61a–d View FIGURE 61 , 62a, b View FIGURE 62 , 135 View FIGURE 135 . Map 30)

Material. Western Australia: holotype ♂, Grasspatch (Fitz. Loc. 41), WA, 33°14'S, 121°43'E, 30 Nov 1991, A.F. Longbottom, WAM 98 About WAM /1635. Paratypes GoogleMaps : Western Australia: 1♂, Bandalup Hill , 33°38'S, 120°22'E, mallee/heath, Nov 1993, G. Harold, WAM 98 About WAM /1636; 1♀ (allotype), mallee on clay, 6 Nov 1993, WAM94 About WAM /1500; 1♂, Breeborinia Rock, 9 km SW, 33°06'S, 123°20'E, gimlet woodland litter ( FN4 ), 23 Nov 1966, B.Y. Main, WAM 98 About WAM /1638; 1♀, Yellowdine, 6 Nov 1973, W.H. Butler, WAM T121153 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Males differ from those of L. conopalpis in the lower femoral thorn ( Fig. 61d View FIGURE 61 ) and from females in lacking the dark caput.

Etymology. Yagan was an Aboriginal warrior of the Noongar people in south-western Australia; the name is taken as noun in apposition.

Description holotype male WAM 98/1635. Like L. conopalpis , except:

Carapace 3.29 long, 2.21 wide. Abdomen 3.09 long, 1.79 wide. Total length 6.9.

Colour: carapace orange brown with black eye region; abdomen dorsally dark brown with trapezoidal white area terminally; legs orange brown. Femora III, IV with subtle distal bump ( Fig. 61a View FIGURE 61 inset). Palp: femoral prong a long equilateral triangle, directed distinctly retrolaterally ( Fig. 61b View FIGURE 61 ); paracymbial spine absent; embolus tip corkscrew.

Allotype female (like ♂ except as follows) WAM 94 About WAM /1500

Carapace 4.06 long, 2.94 wide. Abdomen 5.94 long, 3.56 wide. Total length, 11.3.

Colour: abdomen blue black with small, indistinct, oval scute dorsally and large white spot terminally; laterally a large white area anteriorly; venter with white area for anterior half of abdomen. Legs: fine feathery hairs on femora–tibiae. Spines: I: fe pv1p1d2; ti p2v2.2.2.2; me v2.2. II: fe p1d2; ti p2v2.2.2.2; me v2.2. III: fe p2d3r2; ti p2d2r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. IV: fe p1d3r1; ti p2d2r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. Palp: fe p1d2; pa p1w; ti p 2w. Epigyne: paragenital brackets present; externally a broad domed plate with small round fossae laterally.

Distribution and Habitat. Known only from localities in southwestern Western Australia in mallee and heath: Grasspatch, Bandalup Hill, and near Breeborinia Rock.