Habronestes pictus (L. Koch, 1865)

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 : 356

Habronestes pictus species-group

Diagnosis. Carapace not raised in front; AME or PME never largest eyes. Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved or in circular group.All eyes nearly equal-sized or AME smallest. Abdomen dark brown with 2–5 pairs of white patches on top, and 1–3 patches in front of spinnerets.

Description. Male (AM KS55869). Small to medium sized spiders (2.5–10.5) long. Colour. Carapace, sternum and chelicerae sepia brown or orange; maxillae, labium sepia brown, distally white. Abdomen sepia brown with 2–5 pairs of white patches on top and 1–3 patches in front of spinnerets; laterally with 1or 2 undulating horizontal white stripes; ventrally, 1 longitudinal white stripe from epigastric fold to near tracheal spiracle or none. Legs yellow or pale brown; clearly annulated or with indistinct colour pattern. Carapace. Oval; finely reticulated; with lateral rim and longitudinal fovea. Sternum. Heart-shaped anteriorly straight; with lateral rim, no lateral extensions; finely striated; with short and longer setae. Eyes. All eyes nearly equal-sized or AME smallest. In 2 rows each with 4 eyes, both rows procurved or circular around AME. Mouthparts. Chelicerae, without teeth but with rows of hairs, bordering mesial margin, dorsally with a few hairs and bristles, laterally with condyle. Maxillae triangular, with promarginal scopula and without serrula; labium triangular. Abdomen. Oval; with ordinary short hairs; ALS on common base, conical, with very short distal segment; PLS small, widely spaced with PMS in one row; PMS tiny; colulus tiny with some hairs. Tracheal spiracle small slit-like, with sclerotized cover. Legs. Length formula 4123; 3rd claw on onychium ( Fig. 51 ). Male palp ( Figs. 1, 2 ). RCF deep, 2 3 to whole of cymbium length. LTA with long vertical stalk and irregular horizontal plate; DTA with flattened or thin stalk and curled apical end covered with spicules; VTA sickle-shaped, long, with sharp or blunt tip; embolus thin and semicircular. Tibiae short with DTiA and VTiA.

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.

Figs. 1–6. Male palps, ventral view: (1, 2) Habronestes bradleyi (Pickard-Cambridge); (3, 4) Habronestes pseudoaustraliensis n.sp.; (5, 6) Habronestes rawlinsonae n.sp. DTA = dorsal tegular apophysis; DTiA = dorsolateral tibial apophysis; LTA = lateral tegular apophysis; RCF = retrolateral cymbial fold; SP = spicules; VTA = ventral tegular apophysis; VTiA = ventral tibial apophysis.