Sondra bickeli, Żabka, 2002

Żabka, Marek, 2002, Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XV. New Species of Astieae from Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 54, pp. 257-268 : 264-266

publication ID	2201-4349
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C887FD-FFAE-BA1D-ECA8-8279FF42A3EE
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Sondra bickeli
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Sondra bickeli View in CoL n.sp.

Fig. 9

Type material. HOLOTYPE Australia: New South Wales: 3, Wilson River Reserve , 31°12'S 152°28'E, 240 m, yellow pans swampy sidecreek, 16–19 Nov 1998, D. Bickel, AMS KS56556 GoogleMaps . PARATYPES Australia: New South Wales: 3, same data as holotype, AMS KS67501 GoogleMaps ; 33, Banda Road, about 4.5 km E of Hastings Forest Highway, 31°09'S 152°25'E, Mount Boss SF, 1100 m, MG, GC GoogleMaps , 4 Feb–9 Apr 1993, AMS KS43110 ; 3, Styx R SF, Cliffs Trail, 2.8 km from Oxley Rd , bottom end of Cliffs Trail , 1130 m, 30°33'28"S 152°21'16"E, 18 Feb 1993, MG, GC, AMS KS37665 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. By the distinctive shapes of the embolus, tegular lamella and tibial apophysis.

Description

Male holotype. Eye field orange, eye surrounding black, except for AME, which is dark brown. Thorax smudged orange, darkening towards lower margin, with yellow median stripe. Abdomen (macerated) greyish brown with beige pattern ( Fig. 9D). Spinnerets dark. Hairs cover on body sparse, light and brown. Clypeus orange, fringed with scale-like white yellow hairs. Chelicerae orange, with 3 promarginal and 7 retromarginal teeth ( Fig. 9C). Pedipalps smudged orange. Maxillae and labium dark orange with lighter apices. Sternum yellow with darker margin. Venter beige. Legs I grey brown on sides, dorsal and ventral parts greyish orange, tarsi yellow. Distal femora, patellae and tibiae fringed with brown hairs, otherwise hairs not distinctive. Other legs gradually lighter. Legs IV with only traces of dark colour on sides of femora, patella, tibia and

joint area. Palpal organ (Fig. 9A,B) similar to some representatives of Sondra nepenthicola species group (Wanless, 1988). Embolus curved, tegular lamella rather small, tibial apophysis massive, set in the median part of tibia, with internal and dorsal outgrowths. Dimensions: CL 2.03, EFL 1.07, AEW 1.64, PEW 1.50, CW 1.71, AL 2.07.

Distribution (Fig. 10). Known only from scattered localities in New South Wales.

Etymology. Named after Dr Dan Bickel, Australian

Museum entomologist, and collector of some of the material studied.