Genus Palirika Lambkin & Yeates, 2003

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Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT, Qld, WA: Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, SA: Gawler (GAW), Northern Kimberley (NK) ; NT, SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL)

Diagnosis

Small black, rounded, dense, adpressed metallic scales dorsally on thorax and abdomen; no abdominal white scales, sternal vestiture black, not metallic. Epandrium rounded, strongly curved, red, extended smoothly basolaterally, Gonocoxae deeply narrowed medially, with thickened setae ventromedially, tuft of 6-8 very long, basally directed, thick setae medially; H projecting in lateral view; EP without lateral lobes, medial projection laterally; LAEA large, convex, extending to G margin; EJA racquet-shaped, longer than the langth of G. Female T8A little more than marginal thickening, spemathecal tube more than 8x length of SP, clear thick-walled ring joining clear thick-walled BB and pigmented subquadrate SR.

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