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

description: Habronestes jocquei n.sp.   
Figs. 56, 68, 69, 101, 111, 112, 141  
 Type material. HOLOTYPE 3: NSW, between Condobolin & Euabalong, 33°6'S 146°50'E, iii.1972, under rock near edge of road, M. R. & G.E. Gray, AM KS83928. PARATYPES same data as holotype: 1♀, AM KS15656; 13 QM S60824.   
 Diagnosis. Eyes in circular group around AME, AME smallest, other eyes subequal. Abdomen with 2 pairs of white patches on anterior part and 2 patches in front of spinnerets. Tibia and metatarsus I with a band of conical, thorn-like spines ventrally; palpal tibia and cymbium with thick, thorn-like spines retrolaterally in males. Tibia III with a row of 4 stout dorsal spines at distal end, tibia IV with a row of 3 stout dorsal spines at distal end in females. Epigyne with large, paired halfmoon-shaped openings.   
 Description. Male (holotype). Total length 5.32; carapace 2.80 long, 2.00 wide; 0.76 high; cl/cw 1.40; sternum 1.24 long, 1.12 wide. Abdomen 2.52 long, 1.80 wide. Colour. Carapace chestnut brown, iridescent; 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 2 patches in front of spinnerets; laterally with 2 long white patches equal in length; ventrally medium brown. Legs yellow brown with sepia brown femora and pale tibiae in proximal half, colour pattern indistinct. Eyes. In circular group around AME. AME smallest, other eyes about equal-sized. Eye group width 0.52 of headwidth; AME 0.10; ALE 0.14; PME 0.12; PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.04; AME–ALE 0.02; ALE–PLE 0.03; PME–PME 0.06; PME–PLE 0.10. MOQ: AME–PME 0.44; AME–AME 0.24; PME–PME 0.30. Clypeus & chilum. Clypeus 0.52 high; chilum undivided, long. Legs. Length formula 4123; tibia I with a band of conical, thorn-like spines ventrally; metatarsus I with 2 rows of thick, thornlike spines ventrally. Male palp (Figs. 68, 69, 101). RCF deep,  2 3  of the cymbium length; cymbium with thick, thornlike spines retrolaterally. LTA with a short vertical stalk and irregular plate; DTA with a thin stalk; VTA long, rounded at tip; tibia globose; with thick, thorn-like spines retrolaterally; DTiA triangular; VTiA (Fig. 69).   
 Female (paratype AM KS15656). Total length 6.80; carapace 3.10 long, 1.90 wide; 1.60 high; cl/cw 1.63; sternum 1.30 long, 1.16 wide. Abdomen 3.00 long, 1.88 wide. Colour. Same as male. Eyes. Eye group width 0.53 of headwidth; AME 0.10; ALE 0.16; PME 0.12; PLE 0.14; AME–AME 0.06; AME–ALE 0.03; ALE–PLE 0.04; PME– PME 0.08; PME–PLE 0.16. MOQ:AME–PME 0.44; AME– AME 0.28; PME–PME 0.34. Clypeus 0.56 high. Abdomen. Oval; with stout bristles in front of tracheal spiracle. Legs. Tibia III with a row of 4 stout, dorsal spines at distal end; tibia IV with a row of 3 stout, dorsal spines at distal end. Epigyne (Figs. 111, 112). With large, paired, halfmoonshaped openings. Vulva with s-shaped copulatory ducts ending in small separated spermathecae.   
 Distribution. Known only from the type locality in western New South Wales (Fig. 141).   
 Etymology. Species name is a patronym in honour of Dr Rudy Jocqué of the African Museum in Tervuren, a world expert in Zodariidae.
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 page 366, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1389, http://zenodo.org/record/10092723