Troglodiplura lowryi

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Troglodiplura lowryi Main, 1969
Systematic
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Dipluridae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Troglodiplura
Further information:
LSID: urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:000047

Type species by monotypy

Transferred to the Nemesiidae by Raven, 1985a: 111, returned to Dipluridae by Main, 1993b: 78.

Type material

Troglodiplura lowyri

mf lowryi Main, 1969 * - Western Australia, South Australia T. lowryi Main, 1969: 9-11 (D). Holotype undet deposited at Western Australian Museum
Typelocality: Roaches Rest Cave, NE Madura, Australia.


T. l. Main & Gray, 1985: 156, f. 1-18 (Dm). Metallotype male deposited at Australian Museum (KS 13389)
Typelocality Nullarbor Plain, Cave Number 6 Bore NNW of head of Bight Australia, (leg.: A.D. Davey).
["Metallotype" – as defined by Smith, 1983].


T. l. Main, 1993b: 82, f. 2-5 (m).

References

Main, B.Y. & M.R. Gray 1985: Further studies on the systematics of Australian Diplurinae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): Description of the male of Troglodiplura lowryi, with notes on its affinities. Psyche 92: 151-162.

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