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long; mesotrochanteral spur 0.04 long, mesotibial spur 0.08 long, 
first mesotarsomere 0.05 long. 
Specimens examined, 33: Rufus Canal, 13.5 mi WNW Derwent 
Bridge, 800 m, 1-26/28-1980, A. Newton & M. Thayer, Nothofagus 
rainforest, berlese forest leaf & log litter; 28 km NW Maydena, 
Derwent Valley, 800', 11-16-1977, J. Kethley, mixed litter Nothofa- 
gus cunninghami & Atherosperma moschatum on slope; Gordon 
River Road, 0.8 km W Florentine River, 550 m, II-3- 1 980, A. New- 
ton & M. Thayer, Nothofagus, etc., berlese forest leaf & log litter; 
same data except, near Little Florentine River, 440 m; The Gap, 
Florentine Road, 15 km WNW Maydena, 600 m, II-1-1980, A. 
Newton & M. Thayer, Nothofagus, etc., berlese forest leaf & log 
litter; Florentine Valley, 22 km SW Maydena, 700', 11-15-1977, J. 
Kethley, ex: myrtle log and root mat; W side Lake St. Clair, c. 750 
m, 1-25/29-1980, A. Newton & M. Thayer, Nothofagus, etc., wet 
leaves and floral debris, forest stream; Lake St. Clair National Park, 
S end Lake St. Clair, II-7-1977, J. Kethley, litter under Calystomen 
veridifloris; 40 km SW Smithton, III-4-1977, J. Kethley, Acacia 
melanoxylon litter; 64 km S Smithton; III-3-1977, J. Kethley, litter 
of Nothofagus cunninghami under ground fern, Blechnum sp. There 
is a specimen labeled as the holotype (“TY”) by Lea on a card 
bearing four specimens (two males, two females) from Waratah, 
although this designation was not mentioned in the description. 
This specimen is accepted as the holotype. The male paratype on the 
card is a specimen of hilli n. sp, as are the paratypes from Waratah 
in the ANIC. The paratypes from the other type localities (Ulver- 
stone, Mt. Wellington, Hobart) have not been seen. Specimens are 
present in the collections of: AFN, ANIC, DSC, FMNH, SAMA. 
Found in southwestern Tasmania. 
Discussion: Closest to thayeri n. sp. and orientalis n. sp. by the 
development of the left paramere. Separated by the spatulate meso- 
tibial spur, protruding ventral apical margin of flagellomere VIII, 
and narrowed penis apex. 
Tasmanityrus orientalis n. sp. 
(Fig. 20) 
Length 1.77-1.89. Males with oblique ventral impression on last 
flagellomere, sharply curved ventrally to point, flagellomere VIII 
only slightly protruding on ventral apical margin, nearly symmetri- 
