Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) spiculatus (Neboiss 1994)

Paranyctiophylax spiculatus Neboiss 1994: 201, figs 47–50.

Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) spiculatus (Neboiss 1994); listed in the N. (P.) flavus Species Group by Oláh & Johanson (2010b).

Material examined. Northern Territory. 1 male, Edith R., l-trap 4, 10 Feb 2010, P. Dostine ; 5 males, Umbrawarra Gorge, 21 May 2015, P. Dostine; 1 male, Little Fitzmaurice R ., 12 May 2017, P. Dostine; 1 male, Peel Ck, 22 Jun 2017, P. Dostine ; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 24 Jul 2017; 10 males, Petherick’s Ck, 6 Jun 2015, P. Dostine ; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 30 Apr 2017; 1 male, unnamed creek near Surprise Falls, 20–21 Aug 2020, P. Dostine ; 1 male, Sandy Ck, 17–18 Sep 2020, P. Dostine (all FFD) .

Remarks. Nyctiophylax spiculatus was originally recorded from only one NT site (Howard Springs) and many sites in northern WA (both the Kimberley and Pilbara Regions) (Neboiss 1994). The species is recorded from a further seven sites in the NT.