Habronestes rawlinsonae Baehr, 2003, n.sp.
Creators: name: Baehr, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Zodariidae
Habronestes
Habronestes rawlinsonae

description: Habronestes rawlinsonae n.sp.   
Figs. 15, 27, 28, 31, 32, 50, 139  
 Type material. HOLOTYPE 3: NSW, Gubatta, 33°32'0"S 146°31'28"E, 24–28.ii.1999, DD, QM S51007.P ARATYPES: same data as holotype:633 QM S51003, 233 QM S50824; 13 Gubatta, 33°38'7"S 146°33'12"E, 24–28.ii.1999, DD, QM S50907; 7 33 as previous, QM S50954; 13 Gubatta, 33°34'33"S 146°34'36"E, 24–28.ii.1999, DD, QM S50936; 1 3 as previous QM S51015; 13 Gubatta, 33°34'50"S 146°35'36"E, 24– 28.ii.1999, DD, QM S51535; 13 Pulletop, 33°57'57"S 146°4'46"E, 24– 28.ii.1999, DD, QM S50938; 233 as previous, QM S51582; 13 Pulletop, 33°58'10"S 146°4'50"E, 24–28.ii.1999, DD, QM S50978; 3 33 as previous, QM S51545; 233 Pulletop, 34°0'6"S 146°5'10"E, 24– 28.ii.1999, DD, QM S50996; 13 as previous, QM S51515; 333 Pulletop, 33°58'46"S 146°3'28"E, 24–28.ii.1999, DD, QM S51502; 1 3 Pulletop, 34°0'59"S 146°4'15"E, 24–28.ii.1999, DD, QM S51519; 1 3 as previous, QM S51520; 233 as previous, QM S51572; 13 Pulletop, 33°58'55"S 146°4'46"E, 24.ii.1999, DD, QM S51589; 233 as previous, QM S51601; 13 Taleeban Woodland, 33°57'55"S 146°26'39"E, 23–27.ii.1999, DD, QM S50854; 233 Taleeban Woodland, 33°56'29"S 146°25'8"E, 23–27.ii.1999, DD, QM S50899.   
 Diagnosis. Abdomen with 3 pairs of white patches dorsally and 1 patch in front of spinnerets. VTA extremely long. Epigyne with 2 long, oval openings.   
 Description. Male (holotype). Total length 6.52, carapace 3.4 long, 2.56 wide; 1.20 high; cl/cw 1.32; sternum 1.52 long, 1.44 wide; sl/sw 1.05. Abdomen 3.12 long, 2.24 wide. Colour. Carapace chestnut brown, iridescent; with dark fovea and dark bifurcate patches in front; sternum yellow brown; chelicerae reddish brown; maxillae and labium pale brown, distally white. Abdomen sepia brown with 2–3 pairs of white patches on anterior part and 1 long and undulate patch in front of spinnerets; laterally sepia brown with 2 long and broad white patches; ventrally pink brown. Legs yellow; clearly annulated; legs I–IV with white coxa, prolateral suture sepia brown, pale trochanter, proximal margin of femora sepia brown, proximal ½ white and distal ½ sepia brown with darker brown lateral stripes on patella and tibia. Eyes. In 2 rows each with 4 eyes, both rows procurved. AME largest. Eye group width 0.58 of headwidth; AME 0.28; ALE 0.20; PME 0.20; PLE 0.20; AME–AME 0.04; AME–ALE 0.04; ALE–PLE 0.02; PME– PME 0.14; PME–PLE 0.14. MOQ: AME–PME 0.54; AME– AME 0.60; PME–PME 0.54. Clypeus & chilum. Clypeus 0.64 high; chilum undivided short. Legs. Length formula 4123; 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. 5, 6, 27, 28, 50). RCF deep,  2 3  of the cymbium length; LTA with sickle-shaped plate with spines; DTA with a thin stalk; VTA with blunt tip, extremely long, reaching margin of bulb. Tibiae short; with 2 long prolateral setae; DTiA short rounded; VTiA (Fig. 28).   
 Female (paratype QM S51596). Total length 9.66; carapace 4.58 long, 3.16 wide; 2.04 high; cl/cw 1.45; sternum 1.80 long, 1.80 wide; sl/sw 10. Abdomen 5.08 long, 3.58 wide. Colour. Same as male. Eyes. Pattern as in male. Eye group width 0.55 of headwidth; AME 0.32; ALE 0.20; PME 0.20; PLE 0.20; AME–AME 0.06; AME–ALE 0.04; ALE–PLE 0.06; PME–PME 0.22; PME–PLE 0.24. MOQ. AME–PME 0.72; AME–AME 0.70; PME–PME 0.62. Clypeus & chilum. Clypeus 0.84 high; chilum undivided, short. Epigyne (Figs. 31, 32). With small, paired, long-oval openings. Vulva with kidney-shaped, anteriorly touching copulatory ducts ending in globular spermathecae.   
 Distribution. Western New South Wales (Fig. 139).   
 Etymology. Species name is a patronym in honour of Mrs Wendy Hebron, formerly Rawlinson, of the Queensland Museum, who recognized the species as new.   
 41) Habronestes macedonensis (Hogg); (42–43) Habronestes weelahensis n.sp.; (44–45) Habronestes ungari n.sp.   
Scales 0.5 mm.
description: Published as part of Baehr, Barbara, 2003, Revision of the Australian Spider Genus Habronestes (Araneae: Zodariidae). Species of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, pp. 343-376 in Records of the Australian Museum 55 (3) on pages 353-354, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1389, http://zenodo.org/record/10092723