New species of Taual a Wanless, 1988 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Astioida: Astiae), with a redefinition of the genus
Author
Żabka, Marek
Author
Patoleta, Barbara M.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.1
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Tauala ottoi
sp. nov.
Figs 25–31, 63
Type
material
. Female
holotype
, Bakers Blue Mt.,
1100 m
,
17 km
W of Mt. Molloy,
16°40'24.82'' S
145°10'36.12'' E
[-16.6735600 145.3297200], Queensland,
Australia
,
12 Sep. 1981
, G. Monteith, D. Cook,
QMB
S90781
Etymology
. The species is named in honour of Mr. Jurgen Otto, in recognition of his research on the taxonomy and behaviour of the Australian genus
Maratus
Karsch.
Diagnosis
. Differs from very close
T
.
lepidus
and
T
.
zborowskii
by the shape of proximal parts of insemination ducts and the position of accessory glands.
Description
. Female
holotype
(Figs 25–31). Eye field yellowish, ALE, PME and PLE surroundings black. Thorax pale, slightly darker from PLE to posterior margin. Abdomen yellowish. Spinnerets the same. Clypeus yellow with a fringe of short white hairs. Chelicerae light orange. Pedipalps whitish, distally darker. Maxillae and labium yellow, the former very elongate. Sternum whitish, venter the same. Legs yellow, distally slightly darker, especially on sides. Tibiae I with 4 proventral and 3 retroventral spines, metatarsus with 2 pairs. Other legs lighter. Tibiae II with 3 proventral and 3 retroventral spines and single prolateral spine, metatarsusi with 2 pairs of ventolateral spines, and one pair of prolateral ones. Epigyne as in Fig. 30, proximal parts of the insemination ducts parallel, and accessory glands longer than in
T
.
zborowskii
and closer to spermathecae (Fig. 31). Dimensions: CL 2.32, CW 1.85,
CH
1.37, AL 2.85, AW 1.55, AEW 1.69, PEW 1.39, EFL 1.11, LI 9.39 (0.74 + 1.90 + 2.52 + 1.47 + 2.78), LII 7.70 (0.70 + 1.63 + 1.77 + 1.18 + 2.42), LIII 8.88 (0.83 + 2.35 + 1.82 + 1.13 + 2.75), LIV 9.87 (0.81 + 2.78 + 2.46 + 0.99 + 2.83).
Male. Unknown.
Distribution
. Known only from
type
locality (
Fig. 63
).
F
IGURES 17–24.
Tauala zborowskii
sp. nov.
, female
holotype
. 17 dorsal view; 18 lateral view; 19 ventral view; 20 frontal view; 21 cheliceral dentition, endites and labium; 22 ventral abdominal setae; 23 epigyne; 24 vulva (ag: accessory gland, as: abdominal setae, co: copulatory opening, id: insemination duct, p: pouch, s: spermatheca). Scale: 17–21 =
1 mm
, 23 as in fig.
F
IGURES 25–31.
Tauala ottoi
sp. nov.
, female
holotype
. 25 dorsal view; 26 lateral view; 27 ventral view; 28 frontal view; 29 cheliceral dentition, endites and labium; 30 epigyne; 31 vulva (ag: accessory gland, as: abdominal setae, co: copulatory opening, id: insemination duct, p: pouch, s: spermatheca). Scale: 25–29 =
1 mm
, 30 as in fig.