Draculoides kryptus
Creators: name: Abrams, Kym M.
name: Huey, Joel A.
name: Hillyer, Mia J.
name: Didham, Raphael K.
name: Harvey, Mark S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Schizomida
Hubbardiidae
Draculoides
Draculoides kryptus

description: Draculoides kryptus (Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys, 2008)
(Figs. 1–8)
http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ D2AD297D-B3AD-4860-B82D-89422FADF8B9
Paradraculoides kryptus Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys 2008: 190–191, figs. 10, 12, 47–53.
Draculoides kryptus (Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys): Abrams et al. 2019 MPE 106532: 8, fig. 2.
Material examined. Holotype male. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Mesa K (Borehole 1685 trap 1), S of Pannawonica, 21°43′06″S, 116°15′36″E, 12.vii.2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamien and L. Mould (WAM T 65801).
Paratypes. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 1 ♂, Mesa K, Borehole 1721 (trap 3), S of Pannawonica, 21°42’56”S, 116°15’57”E, 12 July 2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamien and L. Mould (WAM T 65795); 1 male, Mesa K, Borehole 1728 (trap 1), S of Pannawonica, 21°43’01”S, 116°15’53”E, 12 July 2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamien and L. Mould (WAM T 65796); 2 females (trap 2) same data as holotype (WAM T65802, T65998); 2 ♀, Mesa K, Borehole 1694 (traps 1, 2), S of Pannawonica, 21°43’09”S, 116°15’52”E, 12 July 2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamien and L. Mould (WAM T65798, T65997).
Other material. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: See Harvey et al. (2008) and Abrams et al. (2019).
Diagnosis. The shape of the male flagellum of Draculoides kryptus most closely resembles D. affinis, D. anachoretus, D. bythius, D. cochranus, D. eremius, D. gnophicola, D. mckechnieorum, D. noctigrassator and D. warramboo, especially in the presence of a broad base. It differs from D. affinis, D. eremius and D. gnophicola in the presence of a distally tapered tip (blunt tip in the aforementioned species). It differs from D. anachoretus, D. bythius D. cochranus, D. mckechnieorum, D. noctigrassator and D. warramboo in the posterior position of dm 4 in relation to dl3 (dm4 anterior to dl 3 in all of the aforementioned species except D. bythius, in which dm4 is in line with dl3). It is currently not possible to differentiate females of this species on morphology alone. Draculoides kryptus can be diagnosed from all other Draculoides species that were sequenced at COI and 12S by the 50bp mini-barcodes shown in Figures 3 and 5. Draculoides kryptus can be diagnosed from all other Draculoides species that were sequenced at ITS2 (Fig. 7) except for D. anachoretus, D. bythius, D. eremius, D. gnophicola, D. mckechnieorum, D. warramboo, D. immortalis, D. belalugosii, D. christopherleei, D. piscivultus and D. akashae, which are not distinguishable using the ITS2 mini-barcode.
Description. See Harvey et al. (2008).
Remarks. Draculoides kryptus is found in Mesa K situated south of Pannawonica in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (Fig. 1B).
description: Published as part of Abrams, Kym M., Huey, Joel A., Hillyer, Mia J., Didham, Raphael K. & Harvey, Mark S., 2020, A systematic revision of Draculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) of the Pilbara, Western Australia, Part I: the Western Pilbara, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 4864 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4864.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4416849