<document ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.36.306" ID-GBIF-Dataset="4db6b327-7482-432e-a5f6-36f91c79fef3" ID-ISSN="1313–2970" ID-Zenodo-Dep="576620" ID-ZooBank="ADCACC88-6C78-4386-8E33-3F98234ECE92" approvalRequired="105" approvalRequired_for_textStreams="105" checkinTime="1587967053581" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Rix, Michael & Harvey, Mark" docDate="2010" docId="7E13878EFF8E1B42FF321B6EFEBD8801" docLanguage="en" docName="ZK_article_2154.pdf" docOrigin="ZooKeys 36 (36)" docStyle="DocumentStylede.uka.ipd.idaho.easyIO.settings.Settings@6ed9075d" docStyleName="zookeys.2008.journal_article" docTitle="Rayforstia lordhowensis Rix & Harvey 2010, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="F924C5AC-108D-4E75-AC69-8B1818440781" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="58" masterDocId="822AFFF6FFB61B7BFFBE1F57FFE98D05" masterDocTitle="The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level" masterLastPageNumber="321" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="57" updateTime="1669157185164" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-3.0"> <mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"> <mods:titleInfo> <mods:title>The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>Rix, Michael</mods:namePart> <mods:affiliation>Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Perth, Australia</mods:affiliation> </mods:name> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>Harvey, Mark</mods:namePart> <mods:affiliation>Western Australian Museum, Perth, Welshpool, Australia</mods:affiliation> </mods:name> <mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource> <mods:relatedItem type="host"> <mods:titleInfo> <mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:part> <mods:date>2010</mods:date> <mods:detail type="pubDate"> <mods:number>2010-02-22</mods:number> </mods:detail> <mods:detail type="volume"> <mods:number>36</mods:number> </mods:detail> <mods:detail type="issue"> <mods:number>36</mods:number> </mods:detail> <mods:extent unit="page"> <mods:start>1</mods:start> <mods:end>321</mods:end> </mods:extent> </mods:part> </mods:relatedItem> <mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification> <mods:identifier type="DOI">10.3897/zookeys.36.306</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier type="GBIF-Dataset">4db6b327-7482-432e-a5f6-36f91c79fef3</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier type="ISSN">1313–2970</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">576620</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier type="ZooBank">ADCACC88-6C78-4386-8E33-3F98234ECE92</mods:identifier> </mods:mods> <treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3789375" ID-GBIF-Taxon="163749061" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3789375" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F924C5AC-108D-4E75-AC69-8B1818440781" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E13878EFF8E1B42FF321B6EFEBD8801" lastPageId="57" lastPageNumber="58" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <subSubSection pageId="56" pageNumber="57" type="nomenclature"> <paragraph blockId="56.[140,967,1081,1178]" box="[140,672,1081,1108]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <heading box="[140,672,1081,1108]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" reason="3"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[140,672,1081,1108]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <taxonomicName authority="Rix & Harvey" authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[140,595,1081,1108]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lordhowensis" status="sp. n."> <emphasis bold="true" box="[140,423,1081,1108]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <emphasis box="[140,263,1081,1107]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" reason="1">Rayforstia</emphasis> lordhowensis </emphasis> Rix & Harvey </taxonomicName> , <taxonomicNameLabel box="[607,672,1082,1108]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel> </emphasis> </heading> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="56.[140,967,1081,1178]" box="[140,967,1117,1144]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <uri box="[140,967,1117,1144]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: <uuid box="[420,967,1117,1144]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">F924C5AC-108D-4E75-AC69-8B1818440781</uuid> </uri> </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection box="[140,385,1152,1178]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" type="description"> <paragraph blockId="56.[140,967,1081,1178]" box="[140,385,1152,1178]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <figureCitation box="[140,241,1152,1178]" captionStart="Figure 87" captionStartId="205.[140,212,1315,1337]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@205.[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetPageId="205" captionText="Figure 87. Rayforstia species, female cleared receptacula, dorsal view: A–B R. vulgaris (Forster) from Lewis Pass, New Zealand (WAM T94455) C R. signata (Forster) from the Puhipuhi Valley, New Zealand (AMNH) D R. antipoda (Forster) from Lake Hawea, New Zealand (AMNH) E allotype R. lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS76260) F R. propinqua (Forster) from Broken River, New Zealand (MCZ) G R. salmoni (Forster) from Desert Road, New Zealand (AMNH) H R. scuta (Forster) from Norsewood, New Zealand (AMNH). Arrows indicate the trajectory of insemination ducts. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767831" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767831/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Figs 87E</figureCitation> , <figureCitation box="[253,329,1152,1178]" captionStart-0="Figure 88" captionStart-1="Figure 89" captionStartId-0="206.[140,212,882,904]" captionStartId-1="206.[140,212,1622,1644]" captionTargetBox-0="[140,1108,165,862]" captionTargetBox-1="[185,1041,1006,1594]" captionTargetId-0="figure@206.[140,1109,165,865]" captionTargetId-1="figure@206.[181,1066,989,1603]" captionTargetPageId-0="206" captionTargetPageId-1="206" captionText-0="Figure 88. Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales.A, C holotype male (AMS KS88916): A habitus, dorsal view C cephalothorax and pedipalps, ventral view. B, D allotype female (AMS KS76260): B habitus, dorsal view D abdomen, ventral view. Note the pale body colouration." captionText-1="Figure 89. Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n., holotype male from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS88916): A left pedipalp, ventral view B left pedipalp, retrolateral view. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767833" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767835" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3767833/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3767835/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">88–89</figureCitation> , 216 </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="56" pageNumber="57" type="materials_examined"> <paragraph blockId="56.[140,1108,1222,1672]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[140,311,1222,1249]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <emphasis box="[140,198,1223,1249]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" reason="1">Type</emphasis> material. </emphasis> <materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2608825791" collectingDate="2003-06-08" collectionCode="AMS" collectorName="I. Hutton & K. Lees" country="Australia" latitude="-31.581945" location="Soldier's Creek" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="159.08583" municipality="Lord Howe Island" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" specimenCode="KS88916" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="New South Wales" typeStatus="holotype"> <typeStatus box="[317,424,1223,1249]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Holotype</typeStatus> male: next to <location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7E13878EFF8E1B42FF321B6EFEBD8801:F3656043FF8E1B43FDF91B90FD1989E4" box="[583,752,1223,1249]" country="Australia" latitude="-31.581945" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="159.08583" municipality="Lord Howe Island" name="Soldier's Creek" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" stateProvince="New South Wales">Soldier’s Creek</location> , <collectingMunicipality box="[763,969,1223,1249]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Lord Howe Island</collectingMunicipality> , <collectingRegion country="Australia" name="New South Wales" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">New South Wales</collectingRegion> , <collectingCountry box="[227,330,1258,1284]" name="Australia" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Australia</collectingCountry> , litter, <geoCoordinate box="[421,554,1258,1285]" degrees="31" direction="south" minutes="34" orientation="latitude" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" precision="15" seconds="55" value="-31.581945">31°34'55"S</geoCoordinate> , <geoCoordinate box="[572,722,1258,1285]" degrees="159" direction="east" minutes="05" orientation="longitude" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" precision="15" seconds="09" value="159.08583">159°05'09"E</geoCoordinate> , <date box="[741,861,1258,1284]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" value="2003-06-08"> <collectingDate box="[741,861,1258,1284]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" value="2003-06-08">8.VI.2003</collectingDate> </date> , <collectorName box="[880,999,1258,1284]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">I. Hutton</collectorName> , <collectorName box="[1017,1107,1258,1284]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">K. Lees</collectorName> ( <collectionCode box="[147,208,1293,1319]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">AMS</collectionCode> <specimenCode box="[216,329,1293,1320]" collectionCode="AMS" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">KS88916</specimenCode> ). </materialsCitation> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="56.[140,1108,1222,1672]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <typeStatus box="[185,295,1329,1355]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Paratypes</typeStatus> : <materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2608825843" collectingDate="2000-12-04" collectingDateMax="2000-12-14" collectingDateMin="2000-12-04" collectionCode="AMS" country="Australia" county="Lord Howe Island" latitude="-31.525833" location="Stephens Reserve" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="159.06473" municipality="New Settlement" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" specimenCode="KS76260" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="New South Wales" typeStatus="allotype"> <typeStatus box="[305,400,1328,1354]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Allotype</typeStatus> female, <location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7E13878EFF8E1B42FF321B6EFEBD8801:F3656043FF8E1B43FE511A67FD5A884E" box="[495,691,1328,1355]" country="Australia" county="Lord Howe Island" latitude="-31.525833" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="159.06473" municipality="New Settlement" name="Stephens Reserve" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" stateProvince="New South Wales">Stephens Reserve</location> , <collectingMunicipality box="[701,886,1328,1355]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">New Settlement</collectingMunicipality> , <collectingCounty box="[896,1103,1328,1355]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Lord Howe Island</collectingCounty> , <collectingRegion box="[140,349,1363,1390]" country="Australia" name="New South Wales" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">New South Wales</collectingRegion> , <collectingCountry box="[363,466,1363,1389]" name="Australia" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Australia</collectingCountry> , <collectingMethod box="[479,603,1363,1390]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">pitfall trap</collectingMethod> , <geoCoordinate box="[618,750,1364,1390]" degrees="31" direction="south" minutes="31" orientation="latitude" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" precision="15" seconds="33" value="-31.525833">31°31'33"S</geoCoordinate> , <geoCoordinate box="[765,915,1363,1390]" degrees="159" direction="east" minutes="03" orientation="longitude" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" precision="15" seconds="53" value="159.06473">159°03'53"E</geoCoordinate> , <date box="[929,1103,1364,1390]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" value="2000-12-04" valueMax="2000-12-14" valueMin="2000-12-04"> <collectingDate box="[929,1103,1364,1390]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" value="2000-12-04" valueMax="2000-12-14" valueMin="2000-12-04">4–14.XII.2000</collectingDate> </date> , AM team ( <collectionCode box="[263,324,1399,1425]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">AMS</collectionCode> <specimenCode box="[331,444,1399,1426]" collectionCode="AMS" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">KS76260</specimenCode> ) </materialsCitation> . </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection box="[185,1003,1434,1460]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" type="etymology"> <paragraph blockId="56.[140,1108,1222,1672]" box="[185,1003,1434,1460]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[185,320,1434,1460]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <emphasis box="[185,315,1434,1460]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" reason="1">Etymology</emphasis> . </emphasis> The specific epithet refers to the <typeStatus box="[695,743,1434,1460]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">type</typeStatus> locality of this species. </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="56" pageNumber="57" type="diagnosis"> <paragraph blockId="56.[140,1108,1222,1672]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[185,312,1469,1495]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57"> <emphasis box="[185,307,1469,1495]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" reason="1">Diagnosis</emphasis> . </emphasis> Males of <taxonomicName authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[433,686,1469,1495]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lordhowensis"> <emphasis box="[433,686,1469,1495]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Rayforstia lordhowensis</emphasis> </taxonomicName> can be distinguished from all other described congeners except <taxonomicName authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[459,560,1505,1530]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raveni"> <emphasis box="[459,560,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">R. raveni</emphasis> </taxonomicName> by the absence of a dorsal scute ( <figureCitation box="[954,1039,1504,1530]" captionStart="Figure 88" captionStartId="206.[140,212,882,904]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,862]" captionTargetId="figure@206.[140,1109,165,865]" captionTargetPageId="206" captionText="Figure 88. Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales.A, C holotype male (AMS KS88916): A habitus, dorsal view C cephalothorax and pedipalps, ventral view. B, D allotype female (AMS KS76260): B habitus, dorsal view D abdomen, ventral view. Note the pale body colouration." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767833" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767833/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Figs 88</figureCitation> A–B); and from <taxonomicName authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[256,357,1540,1565]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raveni"> <emphasis box="[256,357,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">R. raveni</emphasis> </taxonomicName> by the shorter embolus and more symmetric, triangular conductor ( <figureCitation box="[189,275,1575,1601]" captionStart="Figure 89" captionStartId="206.[140,212,1622,1644]" captionTargetBox="[185,1041,1006,1594]" captionTargetId="figure@206.[181,1066,989,1603]" captionTargetPageId="206" captionText="Figure 89. Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n., holotype male from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS88916): A left pedipalp, ventral view B left pedipalp, retrolateral view. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767835" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767835/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Fig. 89</figureCitation> ). Females can be distinguished from all other described congeners by the tilted, globular morphology of the spermathecae ( <figureCitation box="[719,824,1610,1636]" captionStart="Figure 87" captionStartId="205.[140,212,1315,1337]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@205.[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetPageId="205" captionText="Figure 87. Rayforstia species, female cleared receptacula, dorsal view: A–B R. vulgaris (Forster) from Lewis Pass, New Zealand (WAM T94455) C R. signata (Forster) from the Puhipuhi Valley, New Zealand (AMNH) D R. antipoda (Forster) from Lake Hawea, New Zealand (AMNH) E allotype R. lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS76260) F R. propinqua (Forster) from Broken River, New Zealand (MCZ) G R. salmoni (Forster) from Desert Road, New Zealand (AMNH) H R. scuta (Forster) from Norsewood, New Zealand (AMNH). Arrows indicate the trajectory of insemination ducts. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767831" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767831/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Fig. 87E</figureCitation> ). Both sexes can also be recognised by the small body size and Lord Howe Island distribution (Fig. 216). </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="57" pageNumber="58" type="description"> <paragraph blockId="57.[140,1108,166,1284]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[185,337,166,192]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <emphasis box="[185,332,166,192]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" reason="1">Description</emphasis> . </emphasis> <emphasis box="[347,505,167,193]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <typeStatus box="[347,444,167,193]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Holotype</typeStatus> male </emphasis> : Total length 0.68. Carapace 0.34 long, 0.27 wide. Abdomen 0.36 long, 0.25 wide. Leg I femur 0.25. Body colour very pale cream. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica, but barely-visible due to faded colour of specimen. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin with three peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.74); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalpal patella with retrolaterally-directed, hooked lRPA and rounded, depressed distal region with ornate, ridged cuticular microstructure; tegulum smooth, with excavate ETR and triangular distal conductor; embolus long (length> 5× width), looping dorsal to conductor ( <figureCitation box="[273,359,554,580]" captionStart="Figure 89" captionStartId="206.[140,212,1622,1644]" captionTargetBox="[185,1041,1006,1594]" captionTargetId="figure@206.[181,1066,989,1603]" captionTargetPageId="206" captionText="Figure 89. Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n., holotype male from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS88916): A left pedipalp, ventral view B left pedipalp, retrolateral view. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767835" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767835/files/figure.png" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Fig. 89</figureCitation> ). </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="57.[140,1108,166,1284]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <emphasis box="[185,359,589,615]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <typeStatus box="[185,276,589,615]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Allotype</typeStatus> female </emphasis> : Total length 0.86. Carapace 0.41 long, 0.31 wide. Abdomen 0.49 long, 0.37 wide. Leg I femur 0.28. Body colour very pale cream. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica, but barely-visible due to faded colour of specimen. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.68); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalp entire, five-segmented. Epigyne with distinctive external morphology ( <figureCitation box="[910,1025,871,897]" captionStart="Figure 88" captionStartId="206.[140,212,882,904]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,862]" captionTargetId="figure@206.[140,1109,165,865]" captionTargetPageId="206" captionText="Figure 88. Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales.A, C holotype male (AMS KS88916): A habitus, dorsal view C cephalothorax and pedipalps, ventral view. B, D allotype female (AMS KS76260): B habitus, dorsal view D abdomen, ventral view. Note the pale body colouration." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767833" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767833/files/figure.png" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Fig. 88D</figureCitation> ); spermathecae globular, tilted mesally; insemination ducts looped; fertilisation ducts sinuous ( <figureCitation box="[247,355,941,967]" captionStart="Figure 87" captionStartId="205.[140,212,1315,1337]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@205.[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetPageId="205" captionText="Figure 87. Rayforstia species, female cleared receptacula, dorsal view: A–B R. vulgaris (Forster) from Lewis Pass, New Zealand (WAM T94455) C R. signata (Forster) from the Puhipuhi Valley, New Zealand (AMNH) D R. antipoda (Forster) from Lake Hawea, New Zealand (AMNH) E allotype R. lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS76260) F R. propinqua (Forster) from Broken River, New Zealand (MCZ) G R. salmoni (Forster) from Desert Road, New Zealand (AMNH) H R. scuta (Forster) from Norsewood, New Zealand (AMNH). Arrows indicate the trajectory of insemination ducts. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767831" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767831/files/figure.png" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Fig. 87E</figureCitation> ). </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="57" pageNumber="58" type="distribution"> <paragraph blockId="57.[140,1108,166,1284]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[185,344,976,1002]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <emphasis box="[185,339,976,1002]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" reason="1">Distribution</emphasis> . </emphasis> Known only from Lord Howe Island in the western Pacific Ocean, <quantity box="[140,228,1011,1038]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.8" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" unit="km" value="780.0">780 km</quantity> north-east of Sydney (Fig. 216). </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="57" pageNumber="58" type="discussion"> <paragraph blockId="57.[140,1108,166,1284]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[185,301,1047,1073]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58"> <emphasis box="[185,296,1047,1073]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" reason="1">Remarks</emphasis> . </emphasis> <taxonomicName authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[312,575,1047,1073]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lordhowensis"> <emphasis box="[312,575,1047,1073]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Rayforstia lordhowensis</emphasis> </taxonomicName> seems more similar to Australian species of <taxonomicName authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[140,252,1082,1108]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus"> <emphasis box="[140,252,1082,1108]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Rayforstia</emphasis> </taxonomicName> than to <collectingCountry box="[354,511,1082,1108]" name="New Zealand" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">New Zealand</collectingCountry> taxa, as evidenced by the absence of a dorsal scute on the male abdomen and the close similarity to <taxonomicName authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[726,830,1118,1143]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="raveni"> <emphasis box="[726,830,1118,1143]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">R. raveni</emphasis> </taxonomicName> from eastern <collectingCountry box="[997,1104,1117,1143]" name="Australia" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Australia</collectingCountry> . The species is found on both the north and mountainous south of Lord Howe Island ( <figureCitation box="[209,314,1187,1214]" captionStart="Figure 220" captionStartId="313.[140,212,1280,1302]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1260]" captionTargetId="figure@313.[140,1108,165,1263]" captionTargetPageId="313" captionText="Figure 220. Lord Howe Island, western Pacific Ocean – home to three genera of Micropholcommatidae, including Patelliella adusta sp. n., the only known member of the tribe Patelliellini. A view across Lord Howe Island from Kims Lookout, showing southern mountains in the distance B Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower from Transit Hill, showing cloud-covered summits C–E fern- and moss-covered vegetation on the summit of Mount Gower, habitat of P. adusta F lowland kentia palm rainforest at Stephens Reserve, habitat of Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n. Images by M. Rix." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767873/files/figure.png" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Fig. 220</figureCitation> ); the habitat at Stephens Reserve is lowland, subtropical rainforest dominated by Kentia palms ( <taxonomicName box="[480,557,1223,1248]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Howea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus"> <emphasis box="[480,557,1223,1248]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Howea</emphasis> </taxonomicName> spp.) ( <figureCitation box="[638,758,1223,1249]" captionStart="Figure 220" captionStartId="313.[140,212,1280,1302]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1260]" captionTargetId="figure@313.[140,1108,165,1263]" captionTargetPageId="313" captionText="Figure 220. Lord Howe Island, western Pacific Ocean – home to three genera of Micropholcommatidae, including Patelliella adusta sp. n., the only known member of the tribe Patelliellini. A view across Lord Howe Island from Kims Lookout, showing southern mountains in the distance B Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower from Transit Hill, showing cloud-covered summits C–E fern- and moss-covered vegetation on the summit of Mount Gower, habitat of P. adusta F lowland kentia palm rainforest at Stephens Reserve, habitat of Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n. Images by M. Rix." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767873/files/figure.png" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Fig. 220F</figureCitation> ). It is the smallest known species of <taxonomicName authorityName="Rix & Harvey" authorityYear="2010" box="[221,333,1258,1284]" class="Arachnida" family="Micropholcommatidae" genus="Rayforstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus"> <emphasis box="[221,333,1258,1284]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Rayforstia</emphasis> </taxonomicName> . </paragraph> </subSubSection> </treatment> </document>