Megalopsalis stewarti Forster 1949

MALE. Description as in Forster (1949), except following. Legs. Leg I with anterior longitudinal row of enlarged denticles from proximal end of femur to distal end of tibia (males with smaller chelicerae with reduced denticle row on femur only), scattered denticles on basitarsus I; smaller row on femora and patellae of other legs. Penis (Fig. 16). Shaft and tendon elongate; all four bristle-groups well-developed. Distinct lateral protrusion of glans above left anterior bristle group. Glans short, broad, triangular in dorsal view, dorsoventrally flattened at distal end. Pores shallowly recessed. Spiracle (Fig. 18a). Reticulate spines extending only partway across spiracle; terminations of spines palmate; small group of lace tubercles in lateral corner. FEMALE. Description as in Forster (1949), except all legs with dorsal longitudinal row of small denticles along femora.

Paratypes. 1 female, Victoria, Mount Buffalo, 30–31 December 1947, ex bole of snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) (NMV K-8910); 8 males, ditto (NMV K-8911–8919). Other material examined. 1 male, Victoria, Lala Falls, near Warburton, 37°46'S, 145°42'E, 22 December 2002, M. S. Harvey, M. E. Blosfelds, under bark of Eucalyptus regnans (WAM T72315).