Taphiassa castanea Rix & Harvey 2010

Taphiassa castanea est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Anapidae.

Description. Holotype male: Total length 1.13. Carapace 0.55 long, 0.43 wide. Abdomen 0.64 long, 0.61 wide. Leg I femur 0.58. Cephalothorax, abdominal sclerites dark brown; legs dark tan-yellow; abdomen dark olive, with slightly darker markings mesally and laterally. 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 slightly less than half their own diameter. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 1.05); 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 oval in profile, with posteriorly-bulging subtegulum; tegulum smooth, oval in profile, with curved ETR; embolus long (length > 5× width), curving distally (Fig. 164).
Allotype female: Total length 1.25. Carapace 0.53 long, 0.46 wide. Abdomen 0.72 long, 0.65 wide. Leg I femur 0.58. Cephalothorax, abdominal sclerites dark brown; legs dark tan-yellow; abdomen dark grey. 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 slightly less than half their own diameter. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 1.09); macrosetae absent; superior claws on legs I–II strongly pectinate. Abdomen globose, slightly shrunken, 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. 163D); spermathecae globular, oval in profile; insemination ducts short; fertilisation ducts simple, curved (Fig. 169C).

Distribution. Known only from Tasmania.