First description of a mysmenid spider species from mainland Australia and new data for Mysmena tasmaniae Hickman, 1979 (Araneae, Mysmenidae)

Abstract

We describe a new species of the spider family Mysmenidae, Mysmena leichhardti sp. nov., and provide detailed additional morphological and behavioral information of M. tasmaniae. M. tasmaniae is known to occur and has been collected exclusively in Tasmania. In contrast, we have recently collected several specimens of M. leichhardti sp. nov. from Queensland, therefore representing the first formal description of a mysmenid species from mainland Australia.