Habronestes weelahensis, Baehr, 2003

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 : 355

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1389

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA87BC-594E-FF96-FEEE-FC49FC27FAC3

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scientific name

Habronestes weelahensis
status

sp. nov.

Habronestes weelahensis View in CoL n.sp.

Figs. 39 View Figs , 42, 43 View Figs , 47 View Figs , 139 View Figs

Type material. HOLOTYPE 3: NSW, Weelah SF, 33°21'51"S 147°15'2"E, 25.iii.1996, Callitris forest F4 trap C1, 21–28 Mar 1996, D. Smith & R. Harris, AM KS56090 GoogleMaps . PARATYPES: 13 20 km N of Burcher on rd to Manna Mtn , 33°22'12"S 147°15'2"E, 25.iii.1996, roadside corridor vegetation N5 Trap A 2, 21–28 Mar 1996, D. Smith & R GoogleMaps . Harris , AM KS49559 ; 233 Boundary Ck SF, 0.45 km SW along Boundary Ck Rd from jnctn of Dungel & Shannon Ck Rds, 29°56'48"S 152°33'27"E, 4.ii– 9.iv. 1993, 600 m, G/C, AM KS39411 GoogleMaps ; 13 as previous, QM S60630 ; 13

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 4.96; carapace 2.52 long, 1.76 wide; 1.16 high; cl/cw 1.43; sternum 1.20 long, 1.08 wide. Abdomen 2.44 long, 1.68 wide. Colour. Carapace chestnut brown with dark fovea and dark radiate stripes; sternum pale brown; chelicerae medium brown; maxillae, labium pale brown, distally white. Abdomen pink brown with 3 pairs of white patches on anterior part and 2 patches in front of spinnerets; laterally pink brown with 2 long white patches, first one broad; ventrally pink brown. Legs yellow brown with indistinct colour pattern; legs I– IV with coxa and trochanter white, proximal ½ of femora white and distal ½ sepia brown, darker brown lateral stripes on patella and tibia. Eyes. Pattern as in male. AME 0.20; ALE 0.14; PME 0.14; PLE 0.14; AME–AME 0.04; AME– ALE 0.04; ALE–PLE 0.04; PME–PME 0.12; PME–PLE 0.12. MOQ: AME–PME 0.40; AME–AME 0.44; PME– PME 0.40. Clypeus & chilum. Clypeus 0.44 high; chilum undivided, long. Legs. Length formula 4123; metatarsus I with irregular band of short spines ventrally; femora III, IV with a row of 5–6 stout, dorsal spines at distal end; patella III, IV with 1 irregular, longitudinal row of stout spines prolaterally. Male palp ( Figs. 42, 43 View Figs , 47 View Figs ). RCF deep, ½ of the cymbium length; LTA with 2 long horns apically; DTA with a flattened stalk; VTA long with blunt tip. Tibiae short; with 1 long prolateral seta, and with group of bent spines retrolaterally; DTiA short rounded.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. New South Wales ( Fig. 139 View Figs ).

Etymology. Species name is an adjective taken from the type locality.

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

AM

Australian Museum

QM

Queensland Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Zodariidae

Genus

Habronestes

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