Genus Pillara Gray & Smith, 2004
- Pillara Gray, M.R. & Smith, H.M. 2004. The 'striped' group of stiphidiid spiders: two new genera from northeastern New South Wales, Australia (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Amaurobioidea). Records of the Australian Museum 56: 123-138 [132-133].
Type species:
Pillara karuah Gray & Smith, 2004 by original designation.
Introduction
The genus Pillara comprises four species, all from mid north-eastern New South Wales. This genus is part of the subfamily Borralinae Gray & Smith, 2008. Members of most genera in the subfamily, including Pillara, have a longitudinally striped carapace which in males is usually distinctly highest at the fovea. 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 a rock or into a steep bank. The spiders run on the underside of the sheet.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Mid north-eastern New South Wales, inland to Coolah Tops.
IBRA
NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC)
General References
Gray, M.R. & Smith, H.M. 2008. A new subfamily of spiders with grate-shaped tapeta from Australia and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Borralinae). Records of the Australian Museum 60: 13-44
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 02-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |