Wandella murrayensis Gray 1994
Creators: name: Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Filistatidae
Wandella
Wandella murrayensis

description: <i>Wandella murrayensis</i> Gray 1994 (Figures 1 C <i>–</i> E, 11 A <i>–</i> E, 13 A <i>–</i> E, 15) <i>Wandella murrayensis</i> Gray 1994, p. 52, figs. 7, 9, 21, 27 <i>–</i> 29, 61 <i>–</i> 63, 82 <i>–</i> 86, 96 <i>–</i> 97. Holotype male from Felixstowe, Adelaide, SA, on bank of Torrens River at junction with Forth Creek, 35 ° 46 ' S, 138 ° 36 ' E, 7 /IX/ 1985, D. Hirst, under Eucalyptus bark, deposited in SAM ARA 5311 (l 1), not examined. Male and female paratypes from Parra Wirra NP, Sth Parra River (AM KS. 35718 *), examined. <i>Distribution</i> Southeastern South Australia, southwestern New South Wales and Victoria (Figure 15). Additionally, I have examined a single female from Western Australia (Figure 13 A); finding males would be desirable to confirm this record, which might represent an introduced population. <i>Material examined</i> <i>Australia.</i> New South Wales: Coleambally, in house, hand collecting (145.88 °, − 34.8 °), H. M. Smith, 10 <i>–</i> 12 /XII/2004, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> 1 imm. (AM KS. 91124); Lower Murray Darling region, Kulkurna Station, Black Box woodland, pitfall trap (141.0111 °, − 33.9689 °), M. Le Breton, 16 /X/1998, 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 71427). South Australia: Adelaide, River Torrens, under bark of red gum on river bank (138.6 °, − 34.93333 °), D. Underwood, VIII/1972, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28370); Vale Park (138.61806 °, − 34.88389 °), collector unknown, 9 /I/1979, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28357); Belair National Park, Mount Lofty Ranges (138.63333 °, − 35 °), G. Gross, 21 /IV/1953, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28360); H. Womersly, 9 /II/1936, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28359); Cave Cliff National Trust Reserve, Hd Parcoola, Murray Mallee, bluish-white web on wall of cave (140.05 °, − 33.61667 °), J.J. Szent-Ivany &amp; M.L. Szent-Ivany, 25 /IV/1982, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28379); Chowilla (140.83333 °, − 34.01667 °), collector unknown, 10 /X/1988, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28367); Clarendon, Mount Lofty Ranges, under river-gum bark (138.63333 °, − 35.11667 °), A.F. Lees, 26 /XI/1978, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28378); Loftia Park, Adelaide Hills, under bark of Eucalyptus (138.71667 °, − 34.98333 °), R.V. Southcott, 25 /III/1984, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28358); Mannum, River Murray district (139.3 °, − 34.91667 °), G.F. Gross, no date, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28368); Mitcham, Mitcham Shopping Centre, under bark of <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis</i> (138.61667 °, − 34.98333 °), R.V. Southcott, 29 /III/1979, 2 <b>&amp;female;</b> 6 imm. (SAM NN 28372); Norton Summit, under bark of Manna Gum (138.73333 °, − 34.91667 °), R. Briggs, 11 /III/1967, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28361); Roachdale National Trust Reserve, Mt. Lofty Ra. (138.86667 °, − 34.75 °), J. J. Szent-Ivany &amp; M.L. Szent-Ivany, 9 /VIII/1980, 4 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28371); under bark of large stringybark [138.86667 °, − 34.75 °], 17 /IV/1980, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28355); collector unknown, 17 /IV/1980, 4 <b>&amp;female;</b> 1 imm. (SAM NN 28356); Southern Flinders Ranges (138.18333 °, − 32.83333 °), A.M. Lea, no date, 3 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28377); Walkerville, Adelaide plains (138.61667 °, − 34.9 °), B. Guerín, XI/1982, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28380); Parra Wirra NP, South Parra River (138.83 °, − 34.7 °), D. Hirst, 21 /V/ 1983, palp used for SEM by MR Gray, 2 <b>&amp;male;</b> 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (AM KS. 35718 *). Victoria: Deep Lead, 1 km southwest (142.71667 °, − 37.01667 °), 21 /VI/ 1989, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28365); Dimboola (142.02806 °, − 36.455 °), 25 /V/1988, 2 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28353); 2 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28374); Morwell, 4.2 km west Morwell, under Eucalyptus, Berlesse funnel (146.33333 °, − 38.21667 °), J.E. Southcott, 8 /V/1989, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (SAM NN 28349); Horseshoe Bend 4 km south of Little Desert National Park, under bark of <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis</i> (141.75 °, − 36.5 °), M.S. Harvey &amp; B. Roberts, 6 /VII/1982, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (AM KS. 12839). Western Australia: Karunjie Station, 33.3 km north-northeast of homestead, Durack River (127.23944 °, − 15.99222 °, m), M.S. Harvey &amp; N. Tartanic, 2 /VI/2014, 1 <b>&amp;female;</b> (WAM T 132986).
description: Published as part of <i>Ivan L. F. Magalhaes, 2016, On new or poorly known Australian Filistatidae spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae), including a study on the fine morphology of Wandella, pp. 1815-1858 in Journal of Natural History 50 (29 - 30)</i> on page 39, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1181805, http://zenodo.org/record/269065
description: {"references": ["Gray MR. 1994. A review of the filistatid spiders (Araneae: Filistatidae) of Australia. Rec Austr Mus. 46: 39 - 61."]}