The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae) Author Framenau, Volker W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-3831 Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia & Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia & Zoological Museum Hamburg, Leibnitz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Centre for Taxonomy & Morphology, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany volker.framenau@murdoch.edu.au Author Kuntner, Matjaz Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia & Jovan Hadzi Institute of Biology, ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia & Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA & Centre for Behavioural Ecology and Evolution, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China text Evolutionary Systematics 2022 2022-07-13 6 2 103 133 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.6.83573 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.6.83573 2535-0730-2-103 DFF7CEB320384CA7B057CD5BFACC9510 D26F15B3027C5EB1A9EB757140DA81E6
Table 1. Distribution and summary of material examined of the species of Leviana gen. nov. in Australia. Abbreviations: NSW - New South Wales, NT - Northern Territory, Qld - Queensland, Vic - Victoria, WA - Western Australia.
SpeciesType localityDistributionCommentsMaterial examined
L. dimidiata (L. Koch, 1871) comb. nov.McKay (Qld)Qld, NSW, VicType species of Leviana gen. nov.50 males, 321 females, 33 juv.
L. cincinnata sp. nov.Bellenden Ker Range (Qld)Qld30 males, 46 females, 37 juv.
L. folium sp. nov.Kroombit Tops (Qld)Qld, NSW43 males, 99 females, 5 juv.
L. minima sp. nov.Thornton Peak (Qld)Qld89 males, 235 females, 141 juv.
L. mulieraria (Keyserling, 1887) comb. nov.Cape York (Qld)Qld, NT, WA6 males, 16 females, 11 juv.