Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 65

A review of the spider genus Calamoneta Deeleman-Reinhold, a new genus in the Western Pacific and the genus Eutittha Thorell (Araneomorphae: Cheiracanthiidae)

Raven, R.J. & Hebron, W

Published online: 24 September 2024

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Raven, R.J. & Hebron, W. (2024). A review of the spider genus Calamoneta Deeleman-Reinhold, a new genus in the Western Pacific and the genus Eutittha Thorell (Araneomorphae: Cheiracanthiidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 65: 82–109. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.65.2024.2021-02

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27 March 2024

Published online

24 September 2024

Peer reviewed

Yes

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.65.2024.2021-02

Keywords

Araneomorphae, Dionycha, taxonomy, Australia, Fiji, biodiversity, biogeography, phenology, distribution.

Abstract

The genus Calamoneta Deeleman-Reinhold is reviewed; four new species are described: Calamoneta cullenae sp. nov. and Calamoneta micrognatha sp. nov., from north Queensland, Calamoneta eungella sp. nov. from mid-eastern Queensland and Calamoneta flavigena sp. nov. from south-eastern Queensland. Cheiracanthium longimanum L. Koch, 1873 from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga is transferred to a new sister genus, Fijimoneta gen. nov., type species Fijimoneta vitilevu sp. nov. from Fiji. Australian species in Cheiracanthium are briefly reviewed and Cheiracanthium pallidum Rainbow, 1920 is transferred to Gnathopalystes in the Sparassidae. The resurrection of Eutittha Thorell, 1878 is rejected.