Wandella waldockae Gray 1994
Creators: name: Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Filistatidae
Wandella
Wandella waldockae

description: <i>Wandella waldockae</i> Gray 1994 (Figures 15, 22 <i>–</i> 24) <i>Wandella waldockae</i> Gray 1994, p. 57, figs. 7, 92 <i>–</i> 94. Male holotype from near Cave C 118, North West Cape, WA, 22 °09' S, 113 ° 59 ' E, 12 /IX/ 1989, B. Jones, W.F. Humphreys &amp; A. Humphreys (ref. 278), from surface pitfall trap near cave entrance, deposited in WAM 90 / 1909, not examined. <i>Diagnosis</i> Male (Figure 22) diagnosed by Gray (1994). Females can be distinguished by the combination of widened and triangular bases of the spermathecae and inner spermathecae positioned laterally (rather than anteriorly) to the outer spermathecae (Figures 23 C <i>–</i> E, 24 B, C). <i>Description</i> Male (Figure 22) described by Gray (1994). Female from Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia (AM KS. 100200) (Figures 23, 24 B, C). Coloration: carapace cream, with brown median pattern and clypeal markings, and submarginal bands present as diffuse, light brown patches; chelicerae, labium and endites cream; sternum cream with diffuse light brown patches along the anterior border; legs cream, with incomplete light brown rings in the base and apex of the femora, tibiae and metatarsi, less well-marked in the first leg, and a prolateral light brown patch on the patellae; abdomen dorsum light brown, with dark brown transverse patches in the posterior median area and clothed with black or white setae arranged in small groups; abdomen venter cream. Sternum suboval, with a well-marked pair of posterior sigillae. Total length 3.90. Carapace length 1.42, width 1.02. Clypeus length 0.28. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.07, PME 0.07, ALE 0.12, PLE 0.11, AME <i>–</i> AME 0.03, PME <i>–</i> PME 0.12. Palp: femur length 0.81, width 0.29, tibia length 0.47, width 0.27. Leg I: femur 1.45, patella 0.42, tibia 1.55, metatarsus 1.28, tarsus 0.92. II: fe 1.11, pa 0.35, ti 0.88. III: fe 1.00, pa 0.43, ti 0.73. IV: fe 1.51, pa 0.47, ti 1.28, mt 1.12, ta 0.67. Abdomen: length 2.47, width 1.64. Leg macrosetae: absent, but two strong, curved setae are present in the ventral apex of tibia I. Calamistrum with three rows with 5 - 4-6 setae (inner to outer row). Epigastric furrow adorned with thick setae, slightly longer towards the laterals. Spermathecae: inner spermathecae elongate, small, connected to a widened triangular base leading to the uterus externus, outer spermathecae larger than inner spermathecae, oval, on a short stalk. <i>Variation</i> Females (<i>n</i> = 2): total length 3.78 <i>–</i> 3.9 (3.84), carapace length 1.23 <i>–</i> 1.42 (1.33), femur I length 1.34 <i>–</i> 1.45 (1.40), tibia I length 1.21 <i>–</i> 1.55 (1.38), tibia/carapace ratio 0.98 <i>–</i> 1.09 (1.04). The female WAM T 76810 is smaller and has a different genital morphology than the one collected with males (AM KS. 100200); it might be not fully mature, or may represent another species. <i>Note</i> Males and females have been matched because three males and two females have been collected from the same locality. <i>Distribution</i> Restricted to northwestern Western Australia (Figure 15). <i>Material examined</i> <i>Australia.</i> Western Australia: Barrow Island, Gorgon Project footprint plot GP 7, limestone ridge to drainage line, pitfall trap (115.44083 °, − 20.7975 °), S. Callan &amp; R. Graham, 20 <i>–</i> 25 /IX/2006, 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (WAM T 88836); Gorgon Project footprint plot GP 8, valley flats (115.44028 °, − 20.79972 °), 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (WAM T 88792); c. 60 km northwest of Newman (119.2372 °, − 23.0133 °), J. Gollan, N. Sullivan, M. Beatson, S. Luccitti, 24 /VIII/2008, 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 105479); (119.2361 °, − 23.0106 °), 25 /VIII/2008, 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 105475); (119.2672 °, − 22.9844 °), 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 105467); (119.2356 °, − 23.0111 °), 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 105474); 10.9 km southwest of Pannawonica, Mesa A, site MAT01 (116.24806 °, − 21.7075 °), R. Teale, 6 <i>–</i> 12 /VIII/2005, 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (WAM T 77173); 14.4 km southwest of Pannawonica, Mesa A, site MAT05, pitfall trap (116.21472 °, − 21.72 °), 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (WAM T 77172); 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (WAM T 77516); Nanutarra-Wittenoom Rd, 119.6 km west of Paraburdoo-Tom Price Rd junction, pitfall trap (116.3136 °, − 22.6914 °), M. Bulbert, J. Gollan, S.G. Ginn, G. Brown, 22 /V <i>–</i> 1 /VI/2006, 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 100198); 22 /V <i>–</i> 1 /VI/2007, 2 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 100199); 22 /V <i>–</i> 1 /VI/2008, 2 <b>&amp;male;</b> (AM KS. 100200); Port Hedland Salt, 9.6 km southeast of Port Hedland, site PHS02 (118.67389 °, − 20.37056 °), R. Teale, 19 <i>–</i> 25 /IX/2005, 1 <b>&amp;male;</b> (WAM T 76810).
description: Published as part of <i>Ivan L. F. Magalhaes, 2016, On new or poorly known Australian Filistatidae spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae), including a study on the fine morphology of Wandella, pp. 1815-1858 in Journal of Natural History 50 (29 - 30)</i> on pages 25-28, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1181805, http://zenodo.org/record/269065
description: {"references": ["Gray MR. 1994. A review of the filistatid spiders (Araneae: Filistatidae) of Australia. Rec Austr Mus. 46: 39 - 61."]}