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M.J. ORLOVA-BIENKOWSKAJA 

Fig. 18 S. vetulus, neotype, parthenogenetic female. A, postabdominal claw, B, lateral view. 
TYPE MATERIAL. ‘Types were probably not preserved by King. At 
least, they are not to be found in AM, SAM and MV. The speci- 
mens were from Sydney, New Town, Parramatta, the Cowpastures, 
and from River Karuah, near Stroud, Port Stephens. Type locality 
not indicated in the original description (King, 1853a). 
MATERIAL EXAMINED. More than 550 specimens(@ @ ad., 2 Q juv., 
2 Pe., Oo’) from 15 localities in Tasmania, New Guinea and 
Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, 
Victoria, Northern Territory, Queensland) (Fig. 21) (AM, SAM, 
MV). 
DIAGNOSIS. Measurements. 9 Qad.: 1.2—3.4mm., 2 Qe.: 1.2-1.9, 
Oo: 1.1-1.3 mm. 
Female. Dorso-posterior valve prominence long, with very wide 
base and small diameter (Fig. 27): diameter less than its length (Fig. 
2). Dorsal valve margin very high, not protruding backward. De- 
pressions above and below dorso-posterior prominence wide and 
deep. Ventral head margin with depression just under eye. Depres- 
sion on ventral head margin near rostrum shallow, sometimes absent. 
Ocellus elongate. 
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig. 21) Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea. The 
species is reported from Ceylon (Daday, 1898), Sumatra, Java, 
