taxonID	type	description	language	source
CEDC3304F2505D499D663DE75301CE30.taxon	description	Figs 4, 5, 6, 7	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
CEDC3304F2505D499D663DE75301CE30.taxon	materials_examined	Other material examined. AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: 1 male, Coolah Tops National Park, off Gemini Road Loop, 31 ° 48 ' 59 " S, 150 ° 10 ' 31 " E, beating, 12 - 13. iv. 2010, M. G. Rix & D. Harms leg. (WAM T 102788); South Australia: 1 female, Kelly Hill Caves camping area, Kangaroo Island, 35 ° 59 ' S, 136 ° 54 ' E, 09. xi. 1987, D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 1 male, Loftia Recreation Park, 35 ° 02 ' S, 138 ° 42 ' E, pitfall traps, 20 - 27. iii. 1990, D. Hirst leg. (SAM). Tasmania: 1 male, Junction Creek, Arthur Plains West, 43 ° 5 ' S, 146 ° 16 ' E, 08. ii. 1966, A. Neboiss leg. (MV K 9862); 3 females, 3.8 km SE of Beechford, 41 ° 02 ' 50.6 " S, 146 ° 59 ' 20.94 " E, May 2021, vehicle vibration (QVM: 2021: 13: 0514 - 5, 2021: 13: 0517) (examination by image). Victoria: 1 male, Sherbrook Forest, 37 ° 53 ' S, 145 ° 21 ' E (MV K 9864).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
CEDC3304F2505D499D663DE75301CE30.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latin noun in apposition - Novakiella boletus - meaning mushroom and it refers to the distinctly mushroom-shaped conductor lobe that is reminiscent of a chanterelle (Cantharellus spp.).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
CEDC3304F2505D499D663DE75301CE30.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male N. boletus sp. nov. can be distinguished from N. trituberculosa by the weaker apico-prolateral spur on the tibia of leg II (Fig. 1 E vs Fig. 5 C) and the morphology of key pedipalp sclerites, specifically the mushroom-shaped conductor lobe (two-lobed in N. trituberculosa) (Fig. 1 C vs Fig. 5 F). Females of N. boletus sp. nov. differ from those of N. trituberculosa by details in the epigyne plate, specifically its transverse wrinkles that are more pronounced and mainly limited to the lateral margins in N. trituberculosa (Fig. 3 C vs Fig. 6 C).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
CEDC3304F2505D499D663DE75301CE30.taxon	description	Description. Male (based on holotype, MV K 9867): Total length: 6.44. Carapace (Fig. 4 A) 2.41 long, 2.08 wide, reddish-brown with black lateral margins, and yellowish setae mainly on the subquadrate cephalic area, fovea longer than wide, covered by a long black spot. Eyes ringed in black, lateral ones located on small tubercles (Fig. 4 A). AME 0.22, ALE 0.10, PME 0.16, PLE 0.13; row of eyes: AME 0.58, PME 0.36, PLE 0.85. Chelicerae with paturon dark brown and fangs reddish brown; four promarginal teeth with the apical and third largest, three retromarginal teeth of equal size (Fig. 4 B). Legs (Fig. 4 A, B) yellowish-brown, mottled with chestnut brown spots; tibia of leg II with spur represented by a small apico-prolateral bulge that carries a strong macroseta; femur IV darker than other legs; leg formula IV> I> II> III; length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 4.16 + 1.56 + 3.70 + 3.25 + 1.17 = 13.84, II - 3.38 + 1.36 + 2.92 + 0.90 + 1.11 = 9.67, III - 2.34 + 0.78 + 1.36 + 1.30 + 0.78 = 6.56, IV - 3.51 + 0.97 + 2.40 + 2.21 + 0.91 = 9.94. Labium wider than long, subtriangular and brown, with beige apical portion (Fig. 4 B); endites rounded, light brown with beige edges (Fig. 4 B). Sternum a little longer than wide, reddish brown, with thick darker and wavy contour and yellowish centrally placed guanine patch (Fig. 4 B). Abdomen (Fig. 4 A, B) 3.58 long, 2.34 wide; subtriangular, longer than wide, humeral humps conspicuous and posterior end reaching over spinnerets; dorsum yellowish-brown, with diamond-shaped patch with dark contour and a black longitudinal median line from pedicel towards posterior end, meagerly covered with long brown setae; sides beige with sparse black lines and yellow setae; venter beige irregularly covered with black spots. Pedipalps (Figs 4 D-F, 5) length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + cymbium = total length): 0.78 + 0.32 + 0.26 + 1.04 = 2.40; radix thick; conductor lobe mushroom-shaped, with a projected base ending in a rounded tip and a large apical lamellar portion, which is concave at its middle portion, expanded into a wide rounded mesal projection and with its ectal border bearing a dense and dark field of scale-like structures; terminal apophysis apically projected, and longer than wide, slightly twisted and tapering to its tip; conductor rectangular and projected from behind embolus into a flat tip; embolus very thick and long, ending in a very sclerotised distally curved tip; median apophysis stout, with a smaller basal portion and a strong median curvature, ending in a long and flattened basally pointing acute projection. Female (SAM; from Kelly Hill Caves camping area, Kangaroo Island): Total length 8.5. Carapace (Fig. 6 A) 3.7 long, 2.9 wide, as in male but with larger anterior portion. Eyes, chelicerae, legs, labium, endites and sternum generally as in male (Fig. 6 A, B). Eye measurements: AME 0.2, ALE 0.11, PME 0.14, PLE 0.15; row of eyes: AME 0.68, PME 49, PLE 1.46. Pedipalp length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + cymbium = total length): 1.14 + 0.50 + 0.49 + 1.18 = 3.31. Leg formula IV> I> II> III; and length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 4.00 + 1.62 + 3.20 + 3.00 + 1.02 = 12.84, II - 3.75 + 1.60 + 2.89 + 0.96 + 0.99 = 10.19, III - 2.40 + 0.91 + 1.44 + 1.45 + 0.86 = 7.06, IV - 4.12 + 1.40 + 2.58 + 2.53 + 1.05 = 11.68. Abdomen (Fig. 6 A, B) 4.5 long, 4.5 wide, with a more pronounced subtriangular shape than the male, dorsum with colour similar to male, except for the lighter folium and absent median line; venter as in male. Epigyne (Fig. 6 C) plate trapezoidal with a rectangular anterior portion, crossed by long transverse wrinkles; scape broken off, but with a wide rectangular torn basis (Fig. 6 C). Spermatheca was not dissected to preserve the only available female specimen.	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
CEDC3304F2505D499D663DE75301CE30.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This new species is only known from Australia, specifically New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania (Fig. 7).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
A9F43A95863055BA9986778DACF539B1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The informal clade of the backobourkiines is well supported by the molecular phylogeny of Scharff et al. (2020), but the taxonomy and systematics of the species and genera within this clade are poorly resolved. Only three genera within the clade have been revised using modern taxonomic methods: Plebs, Backobourkia and Lariniophora Framenau, 2011. The genera Carepalxis and Acroaspis have not been revised and their putative synapomorphies remain unknown. It is therefore difficult to diagnose Novakiella against these genera. Other Australian backobourkiines included in Scharff et al. (2020) represent species that have clearly been misplaced in genera they do not belong to (i. e., Eriophora or Araneus) and these represent undescribed genera (in that study listed as " NGEN 01 " for Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865), " NGEN 02 " for Araneus recherchensis Main, 1954 and " NGEN 05 " for Araneus senicaudatus Simon, 1908). Until these species have been revised and placed in new or existing genera, Novakiella cannot be diagnosed against them. Novakiella distinctly differs from the revised backobourkiine genera by overall somatic morphology. The abdomen is subtriangular with strong humeral humps (Figs 1 A, 3 A, 4 A, 6 A), while it is rounded with small humerals in Backobourkia (i. e., Framenau et al. 2010, fig. 5), slightly elongated in Plebs (e. g. Joseph and Framenau 2012, figs 6, 7, 10), and strongly elongated in Lariniophora (Framenau 2011, figs 2, 3). Males can be differentiated by the presence of a tibial apico-prolateral spur carrying a thick spine (or macroseta) on leg II (Figs 1 E, 4 C). Verrucosa McCook, 1888 and Carepalxis also have a spur on leg II, but in both genera it carries two spines (Levi 2002: p. 546; Lise et al. 2015: p. 5; VWF pers. obs.). In addition, Verrucosa is limited to the Neotropics and not part of the backobourkiines (Scharff et al. 2020). There are distinct differences in the male pedipalp morphology between Novakiella and other backobourkiines. Novakiella males have a stout median apophysis that is drawn out into a basally pointing acute projection (Figs 1 C, 2 B, 4 D, E, 5); in contrast, the median apophysis has a basal flange in Backobourkia (Framenau et al. 2010) (absent in Novakiella), is elongate transverse with two apical tips in Plebs (Joseph & Framenau, 2012, e. g. figs 4 B, 8 A), and has a two-humped lobe in Lariniophora (Framenau, 2011, fig. 4). All backobourkiines appear to have a basal extension of the conductor (discussed in Framenau et al. 2010 and there termed paramedian apophysis), but in Novakiella it is very different to all other described backobourkiines and much more conspicuous; we here propose a new term, conductor lobe (CL), which extends apically well past the radix (Figs 1 C, 2 A, B, 4 D-F, 5). Females of Novakiella have an elongated triangular scape without terminal pockets, as is typical for all backobourkiines above; however, these genera lack the subtriangular base plate with its transverse and lateral wrinkles (Figs 3 C, 6 C; Framenau et al. 2010, e. g. figs 6 D, F; Framenau 2011, fig. 6; Joseph and Framenau 2012, e. g. figs 4 D, 8 E). Description. Medium-sized (TL males ca. 5 - 9, females 8 - 12) orb-weaving spiders with males on average slightly smaller than females. Carapace longer than wide, pear-shaped; cephalic area similar in shape in both sexes (Figs 1 A, 3 A, 4 A, 6 A); fovea longer than wide in males and wider than long in females, and with a dark spot in both sexes (Figs 1 A, 3 A, 4 A, 6 A); colouration (of ethanol preserved specimens) varying from reddish-brown to yellowish-brown, with black patches along carapace borders (Figs 1 A, 3 A, 4 A, 6 A). Eyes ringed in black, anterior median eyes largest, posterior eye row slightly recurved, lateral eyes almost touching, posterior lateral eyes separated from posterior median eyes by more than their diameter and located on small tubercles at the clypeus border (Figs 1 A, 3 A, 4 A, 6 A). Chelicera paturon with dark hue, fangs reddish-brown. Labium wider than long, subtriangular, with front end bulging and beige (Figs 1 B, 3 B, 4 B, 6 B). Endites rounded, inner portion beige (Figs 1 B, 3 B, 4 B, 6 B). Sternum almost as long as wide with dark contour (Figs 1 B, 3 B, 4 B, 6 B). Legs (Figs 1 A, B, E, 3 A, B, 4 A-C, 6 A, B): Leg formula IV> I> II> III, all longer than body's length with dark spots on joints; tibia II of males with apico-prolateral spur bearing a thick macroseta or spine (less pronounced in N. boletus sp. nov.). Abdomen subtriangular, longer than wide, with two distinct humeral humps and posterior tip reaching beyond spinnerets (Figs 1 A, 3 A, 4 A, 6 A); folium pattern distinct; sides varying in colour from yellowish-brown to black (Figs 1 A, 3 A, 4 A, 6 A), venter light coloured, generally mottled dark (Figs 1 B, 3 B, 4 B, 6 B). Male genitalia (Figs 1 C, D, 2 A, B, 4 D-F, 5): male pedipalp patella with a single strong macroseta; paracymbium well-developed and hook-like; cymbium longer than wide; radix thick and elongated, reaching from the base of median apophysis to near the cymbium tip; conductor lobe conspicuous and projected apically, being composed of two distinct lobes (N. trituberculosa) or mushroom-shaped (N. boletus sp. nov.); terminal apophysis wider than long, rounded and tapering terminally; conductor well-developed, subquadrate; embolus uncapped, elongated, pointed and almost straight; median apophysis stout, with an acute basally pointing tip. Female genitalia (Figs 3 C-E, 6 C): epigyne plate wider than long, subtriangular; scape much longer than wide and extending posteriorly beyond plate (but length not known in N. boletus sp. nov.), generally broken off. Spermathecae spherical and occupying most of genital area.	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
A9F43A95863055BA9986778DACF539B1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Australia and New Zealand (Figs 7, 8).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
F1386934255657E8AF707E571FBBE97E.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3, 7, 8	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
F1386934255657E8AF707E571FBBE97E.taxon	materials_examined	Other material examined. AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory: 1 female, 1 juvenile, Canberra, 35 ° 18 ' S, 149 ° 08 ' E (SAM); 1 female, Kaleen, Canberra, 35 ° 17 ' S, 149 ° 13 ' E, 25. iv. 1990 (SAM 31192); 1 male, 1 female, Kaleen, Canberra, 35 ° 17 ' S, 149 ° 13 ' E, 21. v. 1988 (SAM); 1 male, Red Hill, 14 Pera Place, 35 ° 20 ' S, 149 ° 08 ' E, 24. ii. 1982, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73527); 1 male, same locality, 01. iv. 1983, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73571); New South Wales: 1 male, Beecroft, 33 ° 45 ' S, 151 ° 04 ' E, 25. i. 1999, J. Noble leg. (AM KS 58630); 1 female, Botany, 33 ° 57 ' S, 151 ° 12 ' E, 04. vii. 1961, R. Mascord leg. (AM KS 32651); 1 female, same locality, 26. vii. 1966, R. Mascord leg. (AM KS 32652); 1 female, Coonabarabran, ' Smokey Hole', 31 ° 16 ' S, 149 ° 17 ' E, 04. x. 1978, E. Edmondson leg. (AM KS 7545); 1 male, Dulwich Hill, 33 ° 54 ' S, 151 ° 08 ' E, 17. ii. 1977, H. Ehmann leg. (AM KS 0741); 1 male, Epping Strip, 33 ° 46 ' S, 151 ° 05 ' E, 10. i. 1996, J. Noble leg. (AM KS 49920); 1 male, Hillsdale, Sydney, 33 ° 57 ' S, 151 ° 13 ' E, 03. ii. 1972, R. Mascord leg. (AM KS 34148); 1 male, Khancobin, 26. iv. 1990 (SAM); 1 female, Lord Howe Island, Erskine Valley Transect, 31 ° 34 ' 58 " S, 159 ° 04 ' 45 " E, pitfall traps, 01. xi. 1978, T. Kingston leg. (AM KS 88175); 1 male, Lord Howe Island, Goat House Cave, 31 ° 33 ' 54 " S, 159 ° 05 ' 18 " E, 10. ii. 1971, M. Gray leg. (AM KS 20999); 1 female, Mount Colah, 33 ° 40 ' S, 151 ° 07 ' E, M. Gray leg. (AM KS 48820); 1 male, Park Beach, Coffs Harbour, 30 ° 18 ' S, 153 ° 07 ' E, 23 - 24. v. 1986 (SAM), 1 male, Punchbowl, 33 ° 56 ' S, 151 ° 03 ' E, 02. xii. 1940, Ms Levitt leg. (AM KS 33550); 1 male, The Rock Nature Reserve, 30 km SW Wagga Wagga, 35 ° 16 ' S, 147 ° 05 ' E, sweeping / beating, 13. xii. 2000, C. A. Car leg. (AM KS 93847); Queensland: 1 male, Bardon, Brisbane, 27 ° 27 ' S, 152 ° 58 ' E (QM); 1 female, Burleigh Heads, 28 ° 06 ' S, 153 ° 26 ' E (QM); 1 male, 1 juvenile, Endfield Station, 27 ° 55 ' S, 149 ° 43 ' E (QM); 1 female, Eurimbula, 24 ° 11 ' S, 151 ° 50 ' E, C. Horseman leg. (AM KS 12771); 1 female, Gatton, Queensland Agricultural College, 27 ° 34 ' S, 152 ° 20 ' E, S. Pearce leg. (QM S 66755); 1 male Hurdle Gully, 13 km WSW Monto, 24 ° 54 ' 00 " S, 150 ° 59 ' 55 " E, 23. ix- 20. ix. 1997, G. Monteith leg. (QM); 1 male, Jerons St Park, 27. xi. 2009, R. Whyte leg. (WAM S 84676); 1 male, Jevons, 26. xii. 2009, R. Whyte leg. (QM S 84670); 1 female, same locality, 01. i. 2010, R. Whyte leg. (QM S 84672); 1 male, Masthead Island, Great Barrier Reef, 23 ° 32 ' S, 151 ° 44 ' E, C. Hedley leg. (AM KS 32650); 1 male, Mt Gavial, 1 km S, 23 ° 36 ' S, 150 ° 29 ' E, 17. xii. 1998, D. J. Cook leg. (QM S 69354); 1 male, Oakey, 27 ° 27 ' S, 151 ° 42 ' E (QM); 1 male, Teewah Creek, Cooloola, 26 ° 02 ' S, 153 ° 03 ' E (QM); 1 female, Walton Bridge Reserve, 20. xi. 2009, R. Whyte leg. (QM S 84666); South Australia: 1 male, Baird Bay, 33 ° 09 ' S, 134 ° 22 ' E, 12. i. 1995, J. M. Waldock & P. Payne leg. (WAM T 73553); 1 male, 1 female, Beautiful Valley Caravan Park, adjacent, near Wilmington, 32 ° 39 ' S, 138 ° 06 ' E, 14. iv. 1993 (SAM); 1 male, Belalie Creek, Jamestown, 33 ° 12 ' S, 138 ° 36 ' E, 10. iv. 1993, D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 2 males, Cape Gantheaume, 1 km N Point Tinline, Kangaroo Island, 35 ° 59 ' S, 137 ° 37 ' E, 10. xi. 1987, D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 1 male, Caracoorte Cave Reserve, 37 ° 05 ' S, 140 ° 47 ' E, 25. iv. 1979, D. Lee leg. (SAM); 1 female, Caroline Forest, ' Snowgum Reserve', 37 ° 56 ' S, 140 ° 56 ' E, 20. iv. 1979, G. Grass leg. (SAM); 1 male, Coromandel Valley, Mt Lofty Ranges, 32 ° 05 ' S, 138 ° 38 ' E, 02. iii. 1996, L. N. Nicolson leg. (SAM); 1 female, Dog Lake Road, SE Langhorne Creek, 35 ° 17 ' S, 139 ° 02 ' E, J. Eckert leg. (SAM); 1 female, Eucla, 77 km E, 31 ° 28 ' S, 129 ° 37 ' E, 23. ii. 1978, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 87424); 1 female, Forestville, 34 ° 57 ' S, 138 ° 35 ' E (SAM); 1 male, Gluepot Reserve, 11.3 km W Gluepost Homestead, 33 ° 45 ' 16 " S, 139 ° 59 ' 58 " E, 26. xi. - 06. xii. 2000 (SAM NN 19454); 1 female, Kangaroo Island, 35 ° 45 ' S, 137 ° 37 ' E (SAM); 1 male, Kangaroo Island, Western River Wilderness Protection Area, Waterfall Creek near waterfall, 35 ° 41 ' 44 " S, 136 ° 54 ' 37 " E, beating, 09 - 10. v. 2010, M. G. Rix & D. Harms leg. (WAM T 102789); 1 male, Lake Gilles Conservation Park, 33 ° 05 ' S, 136 ° 39 ' E, 21. xi. 1995 (SAM); 1 female, Langhorne Creek, 35 ° 18 ' S, 139 ° 02 ' E, C. Wilson leg. (SAM); 1 female, 1 juvenile, Marino Rocks to Halletts Cove, near railway line, 35 ° 04 ' S, 138 ° 30 ' E, 05. ix. 1967, H. M. Cooper leg. (SAM); 2 females, Melrose, camping area, 32 ° 49 ' S, 138 ° 11 ' E, 14. iv. 1987, D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 1 male, Mitcham, 34 ° 59 ' S, 138 ° 37 ' E, 21. i. 1979, R. V. Southcott leg. (SAM); 2 females, Muston, Kangaroo Island, 35 ° 49 ' S, 137 ° 44 ' E, 03. vii. 1967, H. M. Cooper leg. (SAM); 1 female, Nappyalla, 35 ° 20 ' S, 139 ° 07 ' E, J. Eckert leg. (SAM); 1 female, Port Wakefield, 34 ° 11 ' S, 138 ° 09 ' E, 14. iii. 2004, B. S. Pavey leg. (SAM); 1 female, Port Wakefield, T-junction W, 34 ° 11 ' S, 138 ° 09 ' E, B. Pavey leg. (SAM); 1 male, Pyap, 34 ° 27 ' S, 140 ° 29 ' E, 02 - 09. vi. 1990, L. N. Nicolson leg. (SAM); 1 female, Sellicks-Aldinga Scrub, 35 ° 17 ' S, 138 ° 27 ' E, 22. ix. 1987, D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 1 male, Serpentine Lakes, 28 ° 30 ' S, 129 ° 00 ' E, 16. iv. 1994, D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 1 female, St Peters, Adelaide, 33 ° 55 ' S, 151 ° 11 ' E, 27. i. 1975, P. Walker leg. (AM KS 32104); 1 male, Walkerville, Adelaide, 34 ° 53 ' S, 138 ° 37 ' E, 20. vi. 1984, J. Thurmer & D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 1 male, Windsor Gardens, Adelaide, 34 ° 52 ' S, 138 ° 39 ' E, 20. vi. 1988, D. Hirst leg. (SAM); 2 males, East Risdon, 42 ° 50 ' S, 147 ° 21 ' E, 27. iv. 1961, V. V. Hickman leg. (AM KS 28582); Tasmania: 3 males 1 juvenile, Launceston, 41 ° 27 ' S, 147 ° 10 ' E, 06. iv. 1928, V. V. Hickman leg. (AM KS 28538), 1 female, same locality, 03. ix. 1929, V. V. Hickman leg. (AM KS 28547); 1 female, Liberty Creek Track, S side Macquarie Heads, 42 ° 12 ' S, 145 ° 12 ' E (QM); 3 males, 2 females, 2 juveniles, New Town, 42 ° 53 ' S, 147 ° 19 ' E, 10. ii. 1934, V. V. Hickman leg. (AM KS 28699); 1 female, St. Columba Falls, 41 ° 19 ' 17 " S, 147 ° 55 ' 34 " E, 07. iii. 2006, G. Hormiga leg. (NHMD); Victoria: 1 female, Balwyn, 24 Yandilla Street, 37 ° 48 ' S, 145 ° 04 ' E, 05. iv. 1981, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73551); 1 male, same locality, 31. iii. 1981, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73572); 1 male, same locality, 12. i. 1981, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73573); 1 male, same locality, 05. iv. 1981, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73574); 1 male, same locality, 28. xii. 1982, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73577); 1 male, Beaconsfield, 38 ° 03 ' S, 145 ° 15 ' E, 07. xi. 1893 (MV K 9424); 1 female, Cann River, 20 km N, 37 ° 17 ' S, 149 ° 12 ' E, 17. vi. 1987, R. J. Raven leg. (QM S 13154); 1 female, Canterbury, 7 Quantock St, 37 ° 49 ' S, 145 ° 04 ' E, 13. vi. 1981, M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 73556); 3 females Croydon, 37 ° 47 ' S, 145 ° 16 ' E, 28. ii. 1999, S. W. Fulton leg. (MV K 10088); 1 male, 1 female, 1 juvenile, Echuca, 36 ° 08 ' S, 144 ° 45 ' E, 01. xi. 1955 (MV K 9427); 1 female, Emerald, 37 ° 56 ' S, 145 ° 27 ' E, 13. v. 1948, C. Oke leg. (AM KS 32504); 1 female, Frankston, 38 ° 08 ' S, 145 ° 08 ' E, 30. iv. 1994 (SAM); 1 male, Nyah to Kooloonong (no exact location), B. Harvey leg. (MV K 9451); Western Australia: 1 female, Attadale, 32 ° 01 ' S, 115 ° 48 ' E, 20. vii. 1962, A. R. Main leg. (WAM T 87192); 1 female, Bannister, 32 ° 39 ' S, 116 ° 33 ' E, 15. vi. 1985, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 73564); 1 female, Bannister, 32 ° 39 ' S, 116 ° 33 ' E, 15. vi. 1985, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 73565); 1 female (WAM T 73566); 1 male, Boolathana Station, 24 ° 24 ' 49 " S, 113 ° 44 ' 41 " E, pitfall trap, 15. i. - 31. v. 1995, J. M. Waldock et al. leg. (WAM T 73548); 1 female, Boya, Helena Valley, 31 ° 54 ' S, 116 ° 03 ' E, 06. x. 1982, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 73561); 1 female (WAM T 73562); 1 female, same locality, 08. x. 1982, P. Hussey leg. (WAM T 73563); 1 male, Commonwealth Road, West, 32 ° 44 ' 13 " S, 118 ° 16 ' 16 " E, wet pitfall trap, 30. x. 1997 - 15. v. 1998, N. A. Guthrie leg. (WAM T 74852); 1 female, Durokoppin Nature Reserve, 31 ° 24 ' S, 117 ° 46 ' E, 03. vi. 1989, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 73567); 1 female, same locality, 05. v. 1987. B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 73568); 1 male, Grass Patch, Fitzg. Loc. 41, 32 ° 13 ' 56 " S, 121 ° 46 ' 00 " E, 29. xi. 1978, A. F. Longbottom leg. (WAM T 73578); 1 male, Hurlstone Nature Reserve, 32 ° 32 ' 32 " S, 119 ° 22 ' 42 " E, wet pitfall trap, 30. x. 1997 - 20. v. 1998, P. van Heurck et al. leg. (WAM T 74854); 1 male, Jarrahdale (Alcoa) Mine area, 31 ° 16 ' S, 116 ° 06 ' E, K. E. C. Brennan leg. (WAM T 48214); 1 female, vacuum collector, M. L. Moir leg. (WAM T 48215); 1 female, N of Lake King-Norseman Road, 33 ° 04 ' 54 " S, 119 ° 59 ' 53 " E, wet pitfall trap, 15. x. 1999 - 25. x. 2000, N. A. Guthrie leg. (WAM T 74863); 1 male, Lake Morgan, Helms Arboretum, 33 ° 43 ' 09 " S, 121 ° 48 ' 29 " E, wet pitfall trap, 15. x. 1999 - 01. xi. 2000, P. van Heurck et al. leg. (WAM T 74853); 1 male, Mount Gibson iron-ore mine, 29 ° 36 ' 02 " S, 117 ° 12 ' 25 " E, pitfall trap, 15 - 30. iv. 2005, S. Thompson leg. WAM T 67918); 1 male, Roe Plain, between Mundrabilla and Madura, 32 ° 04 ' S, 126 ° 31 ' E, 26. ii. 1990, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 87431); 1 female, Stirling Range National Park, Moingup Spring, 34 ° 24 ' S, 118 ° 06 ' E, 10. vi. 1993, J. M. Waldock & A. Sampey leg. (WAM T 74423); 1 female, Torbay Hill, Lot 40, 35 ° 04 ' S, 117 ° 37 ' E, 07. x. 1983, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 73569); 1 female, same locality, 06. x. 1993, B. Y. Main leg. (WAM T 73570); 1 female, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, track near coast, 34 ° 59 ' 25 " S, 118 ° 09 ' 35 " E, 01. v. 2008, M. Rix & M. S. Harvey leg. (WAM T 81707). NEW ZEALAND: North Island: 1 male, Paranui Scenic Reserve, 35 ° 05 ′ S 173 ° 27 ′ E, at night, 16. ii. 2000, G. Hall leg. (NZAC 03038710); 1 male, Karaka, 37 ° 06 ' S, 174 ° 53 ' E, A. T. Urquhart leg. (CMNZ 2005.135.112); 1 male, Hamilton, 37 ° 48 ′ S 175 ° 18 ′ E, 2014, B. N. McQuillan leg. (LUNZ 00012963); 1 female, Hamilton, 37 ° 48 ′ S 175 ° 18 ′ E, 2014, B. N. McQuillan leg. (LUNZ 00012964); South Island: 1 female, Kaituna Valley, 43 ° 44 ′ S 172 ° 42 ′ E, 24. v. 1975, R. R. Forster leg. (NZAC 03038712).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
F1386934255657E8AF707E571FBBE97E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male N. trituberculosa can easily be distinguished from N. boletus sp. nov. by the much stronger apico-prolateral spur on tibia of leg II and the morphology of key pedipalp sclerites (Figs 1 C-E, 2 A, B, 4 D-F, 5): median apophysis with a longer basal portion and a smaller pointed curved and acute tip in N. trituberculosa (projection to the tip flattened, much longer, reaching beyond the radix base and tip rounded in N. boletus sp. nov.), conductor lobe two-lobed in N. trituberculosa (mushroom-shaped in N. boletus sp. nov.), and embolus almost straight in N. trituberculosa (with tip strongly bent, thin and very acute in N. boletus sp. nov.). Females of N. trituberculosa differ from those of N. boletus sp. nov. by details in the epigyne plate (Figs 3 C, 6 C), specifically its subtriangular shape in N. trituberculosa (trapezoidal in N. boletus sp. nov.); the transverse and short wrinkles, mainly laterally visible in N. trituberculosa (more pronounced and crossing the plate in N. boletus sp. nov.); copulatory openings less conspicuous in N. trituberculosa (clearly visible in N. boletus sp. nov.); and bridge thin and longer in N. trituberculosa (subtriangular, much wider at posterior margin in N. boletus sp. nov.).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
F1386934255657E8AF707E571FBBE97E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Novakiella trituberculosa has been recorded from all Australian states, except Northern Territory, south of ca. 22 ° S Latitude (Fig. 7). In New Zealand the species is more frequently found in the North Island but it has also been found in some South Island localities (Court and Forster 1988) (Fig. 8).	en	Framenau, Volker W., Vink, Cor J., Scharff, Nikolaj, Baptista, Renner L. C., Castanheira, Pedro de S. (2021): Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 393-405, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.67788
