Jotus moonensis, Baehr, Barbara C., Schubert, Joseph & Harms, Danilo, 2019

Baehr, Barbara C., Schubert, Joseph & Harms, Danilo, 2019, The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia, Evolutionary Systematics 3 (1), pp. 53-73 : 53

Jotus moonensis sp. nov. Figs 10 A–G, 12E, 13F, 14 Mount Moon Brushed Jumping Spider

Material examined.

Holotype male: AUSTRALIA: Queensland: Mount Moon [28°07'S, 152°33'E] (QM S73625), coll. N. Cotsell, 21 August 1992.

Other material examined.

Only known from type specimen.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality, Mount Moon in Southeast Queensland.

Diagnosis.

Males of Jotus moonensis differ from congeners by the embolic disc shaped as a slim circle; base of embolus with a tooth-like projection (Fig. 12E); and embolus accompanied by thin, finger-shaped conductor (Fig. 12E arrow).

Description.

Male (Holotype, QM S73625).

Total length 5.34.

Prosoma. Length 2.9, width 2.1; carapace front pale; lateral margin with white setae ending at PME, separated by dark setae, centre pale (Fig. 10A); sternum length 1.2, width 0.7, pale (Fig. 10B).

Eyes (Figs 10A, C, D). Diameter of AME: 0.58; ALE: 0.36; PME: 0.34; PLE: 0.08. Front eyes with fringe of white and black setae.

Eye rows (Fig. 10A). Anterior 1.89 wide, posterior 1.51 wide.

Clypeus (Figs 10C, D). Length 0.2, pale.

Chelicerae. Medium brown, paturon with 0 prolateral and 1 retrolateral tooth.

Labium. Pale brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 10B)

Endites. Pale brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 10B).

Legs. Patella, tibia and metatarsus I dark brown with long dense black setae, tarsus I white with long white setae (Fig. 13F). Leg II–IV medium brown and slightly annulated, tarsi pale.

Opisthosoma. Length 2.4, width 1.6; deteriorated and pattern is not visible anymore (Fig. 10A). Venter medium brown with pale lateral bands (Fig. 10B); spinnerets medium brown.

Pedipalps (Figs 10 E–G, 12E). Pedipalp femur, patella and tibia pale; tibia as long as broad with long triangular tibial apophysis, slightly bent at tip; cymbium oval, covered with long black setae, tip stout with white distal scopula. Embolic disc as wide as long, with smooth, narrow rim, with a tooth-like projection at base of embolus, embolus accompanied by thin, finger-shaped conductor (Fig. 12E arrow).

Female unknown.

Distribution.

Only known from the type locality (Fig. 14).