Taphiassa globosa Rix & Harvey 2010

Description. Holotype male: Total length 1.03. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.42 wide. Abdomen 0.59 long, 0.51 wide. Leg I femur 0.51. Cephalothorax, abdominal sclerites dark brown; legs tan-yellow; abdomen pale tan-yellow, with dark grey mesal marking and dark grey lateral patches. Carapace raised anteriorly, fused to sternum via pleural sclerites, with circular sclerotic rim around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view; carapace and sternum heavily punctate. Eight subequal eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica; PME separated by half their own diameter. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 1.04); macrosetae absent. Abdomen globose, covered with hair-like setae, each seta projecting from small sclerotic spot; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalpal patella with retrolaterally-directed, hooked lRPA and strongly recurved distal apophysis; bulb somewhat conical, with posteriorly-bulging subtegulum; tegulum smooth, almost subtriangular in profile, with curved ETR; embolus long (length > 5× width), curving distally (Fig. 166).
Allotype female: Total length 1.25. Carapace 0.47 long, 0.42 wide. Abdomen 0.88 long, 0.84 wide. Leg I femur 0.57. Cephalothorax, abdominal sclerites dark brown; legs tan-yellow; abdomen dark grey, with slightly paler mesal region. Carapace raised anteriorly, fused to sternum via pleural sclerites, with circular sclerotic rim around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view; carapace and sternum heavily punctate. Eight subequal eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica; PME separated by half their own diameter. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 1.21); macrosetae absent; superior claws on legs I–II strongly pectinate. Abdomen globose, covered with hair-like setae, each seta projecting from small sclerotic spot; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalp very small, reduced to a vestigial nubbin. External epigyne indistinct (Fig. 165D); spermathecae globular, compact, ‘tear-drop’ shaped; insemination ducts short; fertilisation ducts simple, curved (Fig. 169D).

Distribution. Known only from the south coast of south-western Western Australia, from Pemberton east to Cape Le Grand National Park (Fig. 215).