title: New species of mouse spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae: Missulena) from the Pilbara region, Western Australia.
abstract: Two new species of Mouse Spiders, genus Missulena, from the Pilbara region in Western Australia are described based on morphological features of males. Missulena faulderi sp. nov. and Missulena langlandsi sp. nov. are currently known from a small area in the southern Pilbara only. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequence divergence failed in clearly delimiting species in Missulena, but provided a useful, independent line of evidence for taxonomic work in addition to morphology.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia. d.harms01@googlemail.com
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.forename: Volker W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Framenau
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D014904:Western Australia