Megalopsalis nigricans Hickman 1957

MALE. As for Hickman (1957), except minor male (Fig. 14a): As for major male, except chelicerae not enlarged relative to female. Armature of chelicerae reduced: segment I mostly unarmed with ventral spur, segment II with dorsal longitudinal row of denticles only, with long black seta on each denticle. Spiracle (Taylor 2011: fig. 25). Curtain of partially reticulate spines (reticulation reduced basally) extending partway across spiracle; spines broad, terminations palmate; dense patch of lace tubercles at lateral corner, outer lace tubercles terminally anastomosing.

1 major male, Tasmania, Mount Wellington, 4 January 1969, J. L. Hickman, under logs (AMS KS23719); 1 major male, Tasmania, V. V. Hickman (AMS KS23737); 1 female, SW Tasmania, 12 February 1977, C. Howard, C. Johnson (AMS KS24747); 1 minor male, ditto (AMS KS24749); 2 minor males, NE Tasmania, August 1993 (QM C3.2, C5.1); 1 minor male, 1 female, SW Tasmania, Mount Rufus track, 42°07'S, 146°07'E, 29 April 1987, R. Raven, T. Churchill, open forest, pyrethrum knockdown (QM S1707).