Australian Museum Journal Therlinya, a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea)
- Shortform:
- Gray and Smith, 2002, Rec. Aust. Mus. 54(3): 293–312
- Author(s):
- Gray, Michael R.; Smith, Helen M.
- Year published:
- 2002
- Title:
- Therlinya, a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 293
- End page:
- 312
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1368
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 30 October 2002
- Cover date:
- 30 October 2002
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ARACHNIDA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 30 October 2002
- Available online:
- 30 October 2002
- Reference number:
- 1368
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (15kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1838kb PDF)
Abstract
Therlinya, a new genus of cribellate amaurobioid spiders from eastern Australia, readily distinguished by its arched, unpatterned carapace, is described. It includes eleven new species: Therlinya kiah, T. foveolata, T. bellinger, T. horsemanae, T. wiangaree, T. ballata, T. vexillum, T. lambkinae, T. angusta, T. monteithi, and T. nasuta. All are forest dwelling species that build small sheet webs in sheltered microhabitats. Distribution maps and comments on relationships and biology are given.