Borrala dorrigo Gray &amp; Smith 2004, n.sp.
Creators: name: Gray, M. R.
name: Smith, H. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Stiphidiidae
Borrala
Borrala dorrigo

description: <i>Borraladorrigo</i> n.sp. Figs. 1a–f, 4a–d, 8a <b>Etymology</b>. The specific name is taken from the Dorrigo region, the general locality of many specimen records. <b>Types</b>. <b>Australia, New South Wales</b>. HOLOTYPE Ƌ KS70124, Bellinger River SF, c. 200 m along track, 30°25'S 152°45'E, 21 May 1998, H.M. Smith, asjuvenile in small sheet web, matured July 1998. PARATYPES 2&amp;female;&amp;female;, 2ƋƋ KS70125–8, data as holotype; Ƌ KS77105, Bellinger River SF, c. 600 m along track, 30°25'03"S 152°45'30"E, 4 Feb-9 Apr 1993, M. Gray, G. Cassis, 150 m, pitfall trap, NE NSW NPWS Survey; Ƌ KS57008, &amp;female;&amp;female; KS54029, KS57009, 3 km NE of Dorrigo, 30°19'S 152°43'E, 15 May 1998, N. Kirkwood; &amp;female; KS58109, Gladstone SF, Rickerbys Rd, 30°02'46"S 152°45'07"E, 25 Nov 1999, G. Milledge &amp; H. Smith; &amp;female;&amp;female; KS59581, KS77106, Scotchmans Peak, west of Bellingen along Horseshoe Rd, 30°28'30"S 152°39'43"E, 11 Nov 1999, M. R. Gray, in small sheet webs in earth bank; &amp;female; KS59582, locality data as holotype, M. R. Gray, H.M. Smith, 12 Nov 1999; &amp;female; KS75358, Scotchman SF, junction of Horseshoe Rd &amp; Little Boggy Track, 30°26'S 152°48'E, 23 Nov 2001, G. Milledge &amp; H. Smith, Stop 3, in sheet web; Ƌ KS75361, locality data as holotype, 22 Nov 2001, G. Milledge &amp; H. Smith, Stop 1, in sheet web; &amp;female; KS75362, Dorrigo NP, 5.5 km NW of Thora, 30°23'S 152°45'E, 22 Nov 2001, G. Milledge &amp; H. Smith, Stop 2, in sheet web; &amp;female;&amp;female; KS75363, KS77107, Oakes SF, Horseshoe Rd, 1.2 km Eof Sirius Rd junction, 30°29'S 152°36'E, 23 Nov 2001, G. Milledge &amp; H.Smith, Stop 6, in sheet webs; &amp;female; KS75364, Diehappy SF, Orama Rd, 2.8 km from Horseshoe Rd, 30°27'S 152°40'E, 23 Nov 2001, G. Milledge &amp; H. Smith, Stop 8, sheet web; ƋƋ NN19553–4, &amp;female; NN19555 (SAM), Bruxner Park, NW of Coffs Harbour, 30°14'S 153°06'E, 25–26 May 1986, D. Hirst, at base of trees. <b>Other material</b>. <b>Australia, New South Wales</b>. &amp;female; KS35267, Dorrigo NP, Wonga Walk, 200 m SW of Hardwood lookout, 30°21'22"S 152°47'12"E, 4 Feb-9 Apr 1993, M. Gray, G. Cassis, 710 m, pitfall trap, NE NSW NPWS Survey; &amp;female; KS35760, Dome Rd, c. 2 km Wof Never Never Picnic Area, about 60 m up small gully, 30°22'53"S 152°44'00"E, 4 Feb-9 Apr 1993, M. Gray, G. Cassis, 630 m, pitfall trap, NE NSW NPWS Survey; Ƌ KS35768, Bellinger River SF, c. 600 m along track, 30°25'03"S 152°45'30"E, 4 Feb-9 Apr 1993, M. Gray, G. Cassis, 150 m, pitfall trap, NE NSW NPWS Survey; &amp;female; KS60712, locality data as holotype, M. R. Gray, H.M. Smith, 12 Nov 1999, abdomen used for SEM; &amp;female;&amp;female; NN19556–7 (SAM), Bruxner Park, NW of Coffs Harbour, 30°14'S 153°06'E, 25–26 May 1986, D. Hirst, at base of trees. <b>Diagnosis</b>. Separated from all species except <i>B. yabbra</i> by the thick, flattened embolic tip. Embolus longer than in <i>B. yabbra</i> and embolus and conductor groove reach almost to the end of the conductor (ventral view). Epigynal fossa trapezium-shaped, lateral margins usually straight. <b>Male</b> (holotype). BL 4.73, CL 2.29 (2.29–3.31), CW 1.63, CapW 0.82, EGW 0.67 LL 0.35, LW 0.35, SL 1.14, SW 1.08. Legs: 1243 (I: 12.49; II: 10.16; III: 8.33; IV: 10.08); ratio tibia I length:CW = 1:0.51. (Male palp of KS77105 illustrated in Fig. 4a,b). Patella only slightly longer than wide. RTA robust, tapers rapidly from subapical region. Conductor a thick, sclerotized stalk, distally expanded with deep, wide groove supporting distal part of embolus. Embolus a thick, strongly curved rod, flattened distally, tip extending almost to end of conductor. Tegular window of moderate size. <b>Female</b> (KS70125). BL 4.98, CL 2.33 (1.92–2.65), CW 1.55, CapW 1.02, EGW 0.75, LL 0.33, LW 0.35, SL 1.10, SW 1.06. Legs: 1423 (I: 9.43; II: 7.51; III: 6.29; IV: 7.63); ratio tibia I length:CW = 1:0.64. Epigynum: (KS70126: Fig. 4c). Shallow, trapezium-shaped fossa, narrowestanteriorly; lateral margins more or less straight, rather than concave. Internal genitalia: (KS70126: Fig. 4d). Copulatory ducts broad, lateral margins strongly convex. Spermathecae in broad contact medially. <b>Variation</b>. Shape of epigynal fossa sometimes less symmetrical. <b>Distribution</b>. Bellinger to Nymboidea River region, eastern slopes of Great Dividing Range, mid northeastern New South Wales.
description: Published as part of <i>Gray, M. R. &amp; Smith, H. M., 2004, The " Striped " Group of Stiphidiid Spiders: Two New Genera from Northeastern New South Wales, Australia (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Amaurobioidea), pp. 123-138 in Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1)</i> on pages 123-138, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1394