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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.191.3070" ID-GBIF-Dataset="e3acf250-1110-4fb0-8736-4433ea8c6a67" ID-PMC="PMC3353492" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-191-1" ID-PubMed="22639534" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2012" ModsDocID="1313-2970-191-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 191" ModsDocTitle="Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia" checkinTime="1451249040581" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Rix, Michael G. & Harvey, Mark S." docDate="2012" docId="257B9FEE4EF515DE1FD5F7A0B9421490" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 191: 1-62" docOrigin="ZooKeys 191" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.191.3070" docTitle="Zephyrarchaea austini Rix & Harvey, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="23" masterDocId="FFC6FFF5FF81B72CFFEFFF8CFF8B347D" masterDocTitle="Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia" masterLastPageNumber="62" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="22" updateTime="1668153862162" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Rix, Michael G.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Harvey, Mark S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2012</mods:date>
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<mods:number>191</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.191.3070</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-191-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152035443" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9571EBAF-A9E3-4053-9549-D36E06806DBE" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/257B9FEE4EF515DE1FD5F7A0B9421490" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9571EBAF-A9E3-4053-9549-D36E06806DBE" authority="Rix & Harvey" class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea austini" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austini">Zephyrarchaea austini Rix & Harvey</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="21" pageNumber="22">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 9D19C-D30
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="vernacular name">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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Holotype female: Kangaroo Island, Western River Wilderness Protection Area, Waterfall Creek walking trail, near waterfall, South Australia, Australia,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-35.695557">35°41'44"S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="136.91028">136°54'37"E</geoCoordinate>
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, sifting elevated leaf litter, open eucalypt woodland with complex understorey of
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Xanthorrhoea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Xanthorrhoea" order="Asparagales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Xanthorrhoea</taxonomicName>
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and low shrubs, 9-10.V.2010, M. Rix, D. Harms (SAM NN28000DNA:Ar77-50-F).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="other material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">AUSTRALIA: South Australia:Western River Wilderness Protection Area: same data as holotype, 3 juveniles (WAM T114027DNA: Ar77-142-J/Ar77-143-J).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Professor Andy Austin, in recognition of his contributions to biodiversity research.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Females of
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea austini" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austini">Zephyrarchaea austini</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea janineae" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="janineae">Zephyrarchaea janineae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea mainae" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mainae">Zephyrarchaea mainae</taxonomicName>
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by the absence of dorsal hump-like tubercles on the abdomen (Fig. 19C); from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea barrettae" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barrettae">Zephyrarchaea barrettae</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea melindae" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melindae">Zephyrarchaea melindae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea robinsi" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="robinsi">Zephyrarchaea robinsi</taxonomicName>
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by the strongly concave post-ocular depression in lateral view (Fig. 9D); and from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea grayi" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grayi">Zephyrarchaea grayi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea marae" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marae">Zephyrarchaea marae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea vichickmani" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vichickmani">Zephyrarchaea vichickmani</taxonomicName>
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by the smaller body size (carapace length <1.10) and shorter carapace (CH/CL ratio <1.70) (Figs 7, 19C).
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">This species can also be distinguished from other genotyped taxa (see Fig. 3) by the following 45 unique nucleotide substitutions for COI and COII (n = 3): T(42), A(45), C(130), T(132), G(222), A(243), G(291), A(354), G(360), T(372), A(453), A(504), G(567), G(648), A(690), A(702), C(717), C(721), G(756), C(852), A(858), A(891), G(901), A(910), G(962), C(971), G(1050), G(1165), G(1197), A(1198), T(1233), G(1234), C(1235), T(1236), G(1317), A(1374), A(1403), T(1404), G(1416), G(1418), A(1419), A(1449), T(1530), G(1574), G(1585).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Description.</paragraph>
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Holotype female: Total length 2.77; leg I femur 1.80; F1/CL ratio 1.80. Cephalothorax pale reddish-brown; legs tan brown with darker annulations; abdomen mottled grey-brown and beige (Fig. 19C). Carapace short (CH/CL ratio 1.58); 1.00 long, 1.58 high, 0.92 wide;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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0.55 wide; highest point of pars cephalica (HPC) near posterior third of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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(ratio of HPC to post-ocular length 0.67), carapace with pronounced concave depression anterior to HPC;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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not strongly elevated dorsally (post-ocular ratio 0.23) (Fig. 9D). Chelicerae without accessory setae on anterior face of paturon. Abdomen 1.49 long, 1.13 wide; almost spherical in lateral profile, without dorsal hump-like tubercles. Internal genitalia (Fig. 19D) with cluster of ≤ 15 sausage-shaped spermathecae fanning out either side of gonopore, clusters widely separated along midline of genital plate.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="22" pageNumber="23" start="start">Male</pageBreakToken>
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: Unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea austini" order="Araneae" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austini">Zephyrarchaea austini</taxonomicName>
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is known only from eucalypt woodland and associated heathland habitats near 'Billy Goat
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Falls’">Falls'</normalizedToken>
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, in the Western River Wilderness Protection Area of Kangaroo Island, South Australia (Fig. 30).
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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This species appears to be a rare short-range endemic taxon (
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<bibRefCitation author="Harvey, MS" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="555 - 570" title="Short-range endemism among the Australian fauna: some examples from non-marine environments." url="10.1071/IS02009" volume="16" year="2002 b">Harvey 2002b</bibRefCitation>
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), with the single known population on Kangaroo Island potentially threatened by fire, dieback disease (affecting heathland vegetation) and climate change.
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