@ Copyright Australian Museum, 2002 Records of the Australian Museum (2002) Vol. 54: 269-274. ISSN 0067-1975 Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XVI. New Speciesof Grayenullaand Afraflacilla MRRnr Ztsr{. AND MTcHAELR. GRAY2 'Katedra Zoologii AP,08-110 Siedlce,Poland zabka@ ap.siedlce.pl 2Australian Museum, 6 College Street,Sydney NSW 2010,Australia mikeg@ amsg.austmus. gov.au Aesrnacr. Four new species, Grayenulla spinimana, G. wilganea, Afraflacilla gunbar andA. milledgei, are described from New South Wales and Western Australia. Remarks on relationships, biology and distribution of both genera are provided together with distributional maps. Z,csxr, Maner, & Mtcuesl R. Gney, 2002. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XVI. New speciesof Grayenulla and.Afraflacilla. Records of the Australian Museum 54(3):269-274. In comparison to coastal parts of the Australian continent, whole is very widespread,ranging from westAfrica through Salticidae from inland Australia are still poorly studied. the Middle East, southernAsia, New Guinea and Australia Preliminary dataindicate that the inland dry areashave their to western and middle Pacific islands. There are about 50 own, endemic fauns, genera Grayenulla and Afraflacilla speciesknown worldwide, most of them are described in being good examples (Zabka, 1992, 1993, unpubl.). Pseudicius (e.g., Pr6szyiski, 1992; Beny et al., 1998). At present,seven species of Grayenulla are known from Festucula,Marchena andPseudicius are the closestrelatives scatteredlocalities in Western Australia. Even if found in of Afraflacilla and they form a monophyletic group. coastal areas, they are limited in occurrence to savannah and semideserthabitats, being either ground or vegetation dwellers.The relationshipof this genusto othersis puzzling. Material and methods Grayenulla shows somemorphological similarities to South American Hisucattus, Asiatic Synagelidesand Australian This study is basedon material from theAustralian Museum, Ps eudo synagelide s (Galiano, 1987 ; Bohdanowicz, 1988; Sydney (AMS) and the WesternAustralian Museum, Perth Zabka.I99D. (WAM). Terminology and the method of specimen The genusAfraflacilla was first recorded from Australia examination and measurementfollow Zabka (1992, 1993). by Zabka(1993). Sevenspecies, including thosedescribed Abbreviations used are as follows: AEW, anterior eyes here, are known from locations scatteredacross the width; AL, abdomenlength; CL, cephalothoraxlength; CW, continent; individuals occupy tree trunks in savannah cephalothoraxwidth; EFL, eye field length; PEW, posterior woodland and in open sclerophyll forests. The genus as a eyeswidth. * author for corresoondence www. amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1366-complete.pdf 210 Records of the Australian Museum (2002) Vol. 54 0.48 0.1 E \r Figure 1. Grayenulla spinimana n.sp.: A-C, palpal organ; D, male abdominal pattern; E, epigyne; F, internal senitalia. Genus Grayenulla Zabka, 1992 Description GrayenullaZabka, 1992: 17 5. Male holotype. Cephalothoraxbrown. Eye field with numerous white and orange hairs-numerous and long in Tlpe speciesGrayenuLla dejongi Zabka,l992,by original its median parl and with brown bristles-more numerous designation. anteriorly. Thorax with white hairs. Abdomen with central dark brownish stripe on beige background and dark lateral Grayenulla spinimana n.sp. areasmade of narrow lines. Abdomen hirsute, coveredwith numerous light or dark hairs on light or dark background, Fig. 1 respectively. Spinnerets smudged grey-brown. Clypeus brown with yellowish, orange and brown hairs and Tlpe material. Hor-orypn Australia: WesternAustralia: d, bristles-less numerous than in other species.Chelicerae "S Cape Cuvier, Quobba Stn, 24"13'27.1 113"22'40.8"8, honey-brown with 3 promarginal teeth and single WAM/CALM CarnavonSurvey, wet pits, P.West et al.,2l bicuspidate retromarginal tooth. Maxillae, labium and Aug-29 Sep 1994, V/AM 9912185.PARArypEs Australia: sternum brownish, venter beige. Legs I brown, II and III Western Australia: 46, Cape Cuvier, Quobba Stn, lighter brown, IV-smudged honey orange.All legs armed 24" 13'27.l" S ll3o22' 40.8"E,,WAM/CALM Carnavon with numerous long spines (femora to metatarsi)-almost Survey,wet pits, 2l Aug-29 Sep 1994,P. West et al.,WAM in oxyopid-like manner. Palpal organ (Fig. lA-C). Femur 9912186-9;2d, samedara, wAM 9912116-1;5d, same with prolateral process,tibia with 2 distinctive apophyses: data,WAM 99/2191-5; d, samedata, WAM 99/2196:'46, retrolateral conical, ventrolateral curved distally. Tegulum samedata, wAM9912118-81; 2d, 17,same data, 15 Jan- conical with retrolateral process.Embolus distally dagger- 30 May 1995,A. Sampeyet al.,WAM99l2l824; d, same like. Dorsal femora,patellae and tibiae with contrastinglong data,WAM 99/2190; I ?, samedata, WAM 9912197;16 , white hairs. Dimensions:CL 2.18, EFL 0.78, AEW 1.45, KennedyRange NP, 24"29'33.7"5 115'01'50.1"E, wet pits, PEW 1.50,CW 1.71.AL 1.56. 18 Aug-6 Oct 1994,M. Harvey et al.,WAM9912198; 6, samedata, E, N. Hall, W{}l;{I9912199. Female. Eye field brownish, eye surrounds darker, thorax smudgedbrown. Cephalothorax hair cover dense,whitish, Diagnosis. Differs from other speciesof Grayenullaby the adpressed.Ocular area with brown protruding bristles abdominal pattern, embolus shape,the form of the seminal numerous anteriorly. Abdomen (Fig. 1D) round, with reservoirand the massiveaccessorv slands. distinctive longitudinal brown pattern with yellowish Zabka & Gray: new Grayenulla and Afraflacilla spiders 271 0.35 C 0.41 Figure 2. Male and female Grayenulla wilganea n.sp.: A,B, palpa1organ; C, male abdominal pattern; D, male leg I; E, epigyne; fl internal genitalia. marginsand rows of smudgedorange and grey-brown lateral Gray enulla wilganea n.sp. stripes. Hairs numerous, yellowish and brownish on light Fig.2 and dark areas,respectively. Whole surface also with less numerous brown bristles, same as in male. Anterior and Tlpe material. HororypE Australia: New South Wales: median spinneretsorange, posterior onesbrownish. Clypeus d, WilganeaStation, 5.5 km NW of homestead,90 km N orange-brown with numerous white hairs and single long of Burke,29"21'16"5146"16'59"8,3 Mar 1993,L. Gibson, bristles. Cheliceraelight-brown with yellow chewing AMS KS45252.PanqrypES Australia: New South Wales: margins, promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin with one 3 d, ? , samedata as holotype,AMS KS45279. tricuspidate tooth. Pedipalps orange with numerous white, Diagnosis. This speciesis distinguished by its abdominal yellowish and brown hairs. Maxillae pale orange-yellow, colour pattern, an embolus that bears a hook-like sclerite, labium brownish, both with pale chewing margins. Sternum an epigyne without pockets and spermathecaethat are smudged orange, with white protruding hairs marginally. relatively small. Venter light beige with darker central pattern of transverse stripes.First legs rather stout with greyish bandsin proximal and distal parts of podomeres.Other legs similar in colour Description though more delicate.All legs armed with numerousspines. Male holotype. Cephalothorax brown. Eye field with Hair cover moderatelydense, whitish and brownish. Bristles numerousreddish hairs and brown bristles, the latter longer (Fig. brown. Epigyne 1E) with distinctive copulatory anteriorly. Thorax with numerous white hairs. Abdomen openings and with 2 posterior pockets. Internal genitalia beige, lighter posteriorly, with brown chevrons (Fig. 2C). (Fig. lF) with unusually massiveaccessory glands and large Spinneretssmudged yellow. Clypeus brown with white oval spermathecaeaccompanied by their own accessory hairs, some of them curved down towards chelicerae. glands.Dimensions: CL 1.60,EFL 0.60,AEW 1.14,PEW Cheliceraebrown with lighter chewing margins, promargin 1.21.CW 1.35.AL 1.60. with 3 teeth,retromargin with I tricuspidatetooth. Maxillae orange,labium smudgedbrown, both with lighter chewing Distribution (Fig. 5). Known only from localities in margins. Venter beige with dark central stripe. All legs Western Australia. yellow except for legs I with darker lateral areas on the femora and smudgedorange tibiae. First leg spination as in Etymology. The proposed name refers to the spiny legs. female(see Fig. 2D). Palpalorgan (Fig. 2A,B). Femurvery robust with proximal process.Tibia with two apophyses: 272 Recordsof the Australian Museum Q002\ Yol. 54 0.525 Figure 3. Male Afraflacilla gunbar n.sp.: A,B, palpal organ; C, abdominat pattern. ventrolateral massive and laterally bent, retrolateral small, Genus Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 conical. Tegulum with 2 posterior lobes, embolus accompaniedby large sclerite with hook-like ending. Afraflacilla Berland& Millot, 1941:328. Dimensions:CL 1.57,EFL 0.75,AEW 1.14,PEW 1.07, Afraflacilla.-Zabka,I 993: 280. cw r.32,AL 1.39. Tlpe species. Afraflacilla bamakoi Berland & Millot, I 94 1: 329, by original designation. Female. Thorax brown, eye field darker, eye surrounds black. Whole surface covered with adpressedhairs-white Afraflacilla gunbar n.sp. laterally and orange dorsally. Eye field dark with strong dark brown bristles and more delicate,longer bristles around Fig. 3 eyes. Abdomen beige with central brownish herring-bone Type material. HoLoTYPE "panther-like" Australia: New South Wales: pattern and irregular spots, hair cover of 6 ,2kmB of Gunbar,34"3'3 145'24'E,ex nestof Badumna moderate density, light and brownish, with a few brown candida,25 Apr 1987,M.R. Gray,AMS KSl7618. bristles anteriorly. Spinneretsgreyish-yellow.