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Genus Elleguna Gray & Smith, 2008

Introduction

The genus Elleguna comprises two species that are described from the Eungella district near Proserpine in mid-eastern Queensland. This genus is part of the subfamily Borralinae Gray & Smith, 2008. Members of most genera in the subfamily, including Elleguna, have a longitudinally striped carapace which in males is usually distinctly highest at the fovea. Males of Elleguna species have a putative stridulatory mechanism between the palpal femur and lateral chelicerae, also found in Karriella Gray & Smith, 2008. They are forest-dwelling spiders that make a fine cribellate sheet web. The catching web is guyed out from a funnel-like retreat, typically in a rotten log, under bark or moss or into a steep bank. The spiders run on the underside of the sheet.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

From the Eungella NP region and the coastal Mt Dryander range, mid-eastern Queensland.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020 20-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 02-Dec-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)