Habronestes macedonensis (Hogg, 1900)

Baehr, Barbara, 2003, Revision of the Australian Spider Genus Habronestes (Araneae: Zodariidae). Species of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Records of the Australian Museum 55 (3), pp. 343-376 : 349

Habronestes macedonensis species-group

Diagnosis. Carapace not raised in front; highest point just behind eye region. Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved, AME largest. Femora III, IV with a row of 3–6 stout dorsal spines at distal end; patella III, IV with 1 irregular longitudinal row of stout spines prolaterally.Abdomen with 2–4 pairs of white patches on anterior part and 1 or 2 patches in front of spinnerets.

Description. Medium-sized spiders, 4.60–9.70 mm body length. Colour. Carapace chestnut brown with dark fovea and dark bifurcate or radiate stripes in front; sternum yellow, reddish or pale brown; chelicerae medium or reddish brown; maxillae and labium pale brown, distally white. Abdomen sepia brown with 2–4 pairs of white patches on anterior part, and 1 or 2 long and undulate patches in front of spinnerets; laterally sepia brown or pink brown with 2–3 elongate and broad white patches; ventrally pale pink brown usually with longitudinal white stripe. Legs yellow or pale brown; clearly annulated or indistinct colour pattern Carapace. Oval, highest just behind eyes. Sternum. Heartshaped, anteriorly straight, finely reticulated. Eyes. In 2 rows, each with 4 eyes, both rows procurved. AME largest. Eye group width 0.54–0.6 of headwidth. Clypeus & chilum. Clypeus about 3× diameter of AME; chilum undivided. Mouthparts. Chelicerae, basal segment with rows of hairs, bordering mesial margin, dorsally hirsute, laterally with condyle; maxillae triangular, with promarginal scopula; labium triangular. Legs. Length formula 4132; femora III, IV with a row of 3–6 stout dorsal spines at distal end; patella III, IV with 1 irregular longitudinal row of stout spines prolaterally; 3rd claw on onychium, ( Fig. 51 ). Male palp. RCF ½– 2 3 of cymbium length; LTA with an irregular plate; DTA chitinous, with a flattened or thin stalk and an curled apical end covered with spicules; VTA sickle-shaped, long, with rounded or sharp tip; embolus thin, or semicircular. Tibiae with short apophyses.

Figures

Figs. 51–53.Leg structures of Habronestes spp. (51–52) Habronestes bradleyi (Pickard-Cambridge): (51) claw with onychium, (52) tibia I proventral view,showing two rows of short feathery spines ventrally;(53) Habronestes pseudoaustraliensis n.sp., first tarsus (left side) with two rows of short ventral spines.