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

description: <i>Habronestes wilkiei</i> n.sp. Figs. 63, 82, 83, 105, 123, 124, 143 <b>Type material</b>. HOLOTYPE 3: NSW, Wyrrabalong NP, 33°16'47"S 151°32'40"E, 15.xii.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS55931. PARATYPES: 1&amp;female; Munmorah SRA, 33°12'34"S 151°34'59"E, 17.xi.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS55951; 3 in AM as previous: 1&amp;female; KS55973, 13 KS56137, 1&amp;female; KS56138; 4 in AM as previous but coll. 16.xii.1996: 13 KS56139, 13 KS56134, 13 KS56141, 13 KS56142; 13 Munmorah SRA, 33°12'26"S 151°34'37"E, 17.xi.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS55977; 1&amp;female; as previous, AM KS56130; 8 as previous: 1&amp;female; AM KS55925, 1&amp;female; 433 AM KS56004, 1&amp;female; 13 QM S60829; 1&amp;female; Munmorah SRA, 33°13'9"S 151°34'15"E, 17.xi.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS55975; 13 as previous, AM KS56125; 3 in AM as previous but coll. 16.xii.1996: 13 KS56126, 13, KS56127, 1&amp;female;, KS56128; 1&amp;female;, 13 Wyrrabalong NP, 33°16'44"S 151°32'51"E, 15.xii.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS56153; 233 in AM as previous: KS56155 and KS56156; 3 as previous but coll. 16.xi.1996: 13 KS56157, 1&amp;female; KS56158, 1&amp;female; KS56154; 1&amp;female;, 13 Wyrrabalong NP, 33°16'48"S 151°32'45"E, 15.xii.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS56164; 13 2.v.1997, AM KS55936; 1&amp;female; 27.xi.1997, AM KS55943; 4 in AM as previous: 13 KS56032, 1&amp;female; KS56037, 13 KS56050, 1&amp;female; KS56055; 1&amp;female; Wyrrabalong NP, 33°16'51"S 151°32'37"E, 16.xi.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS56165; 13 2.v.1997, AM KS55980; 1&amp;female;, AM KS56030; 1&amp;female; 27.xi.1997, AM KS55923; 13, AM KS56053; 13, AM KS56054. <b>Diagnosis</b>. Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved, AME smallest, other eyes equal. One of the 3 smallest species, with 2 pairs of white patches on anterior part of abdomen and 1 or 2 patches in front of spinnerets, differs from <i>H. piccolo</i> and <i>H. minor</i> by shape of DTA and LTA. <b>Description</b>. <i>Male</i> (holotype). Total length 3.04; carapace 1.60 long, 1.12 wide; 0.56 high; cl/cw 1.42; sternum 0.80 long, 0.76 wide; sl/sw 1.05. Abdomen 1.44 long, 1.00 wide. <i>Colour</i>. Carapace sepia brown; sternum yellow brown; chelicerae medium brown; maxillae and labium pale brown, distally white. Abdomen sepia brown with 2 pairs of white patches on anterior part and 1 patch in front of spinnerets; laterally 2 long white stripes, first one broad; ventrally pink brown. Legs yellow brown; clearly annulated; legs I–IV with white coxa, sepia brown trochanter, proximal margin of femora sepia brown, proximal ½ white and distal ½ sepia brown, darker brown lateral stripes on patella and tibia. <i>Eyes</i>. In 2 rows each with 4 eyes, both rows procurved. AME smallest, other eyes equal. Eye group width 0.58 of headwidth; AME 0.06; ALE 0.09; PME 0.09; PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.02; AME–ALE 0.03; ALE–PLE 0.03; PME– PME 0.04; PME–PLE 0.04. MOQ: AME–PME 0.24; AME– AME 0.14; PME–PME 0.22. <i>Clypeus &amp; chilum</i>. Clypeus 0.28 high; chilum undivided, short. <i>Legs</i>. Length formula 4123. <i>Male palp</i> (Figs. 82, 83, 105). Cymbium RCF deep, almost running the entire cymbium length. LTA with a thick, short, vertical stalk and with irregular horizontal plate, birdhead shape retrolaterally; DTA with a thin stalk; VTA long, with rounded tip. Tibiae short; DTiA with chitinous rim, as long as VTiA (Fig. 83). <i>Female</i> (paratype AM KS55925). Total length 3.76; carapace 1.72 long, 1.16 wide; 0.72 high; cl/cw 1.48; sternum 0.80 long, 0.76 wide; sl/sw 1.05. Abdomen 2.04 long, 1.52 wide. <i>Colour</i>. Same as male. <i>Eyes</i>. Eye group width 0.60 of headwidth; AME 0.06; ALE 0.09; PME 0.09; PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.04; AME–ALE 0.03; ALE–PLE 0.04; PME–PME 0.06; PME–PLE 0.06. MOQ: AME–PME 0.26; AME–AME 0.16; PME–PME 0.24. Clypeus 0.28 high. <i>Epigyne</i> (Figs. 123, 124). With sausage-like spermathecae in heart-shaped pattern visible through the tegument. Vulva with anteriorly curled copulatory ducts ending in long separated sausage-like spermathecae. <b>Distribution</b>. Northeastern New South Wales (Fig. 143). <b>Etymology</b>. Species name is a patronym in honour of Mr Lance Wilkie, who collected the holotype.
description: Published as part of <i>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)</i> on pages 373-374, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1389
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