Whip spiders of the genus Sarax Simon 1892 (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from Borneo Island
Author
Rahmadi, Cahyo
Author
Harvey, Mark S.
Author
Kojima, Jun-Ichi
text
Zootaxa
2010
2612
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197810
3fed616e-ea51-496b-b522-145b87775b5a
1175-5326
197810
Key to the species of
Sarax
species from Borneo
1. Anterior margin of carapace rounded; median eye tubercle well-developed or reduced in size; pedipalpal patella with 4 spines,
P1
the longest, and subsequent spines decreasing in size from distal to proximal; pedipalpal tarsus with 2 or 3 spines; tibia of leg IV with 17 or 19 trichobothria ..................................................................................... 2
- Anterior margin of carapace slightly rounded, nearly straight (
Fig. 1
); median eye tubercle reduced in size; pedipalpal patella with 3 spines, about equal in size (
Fig. 4
); pedipalpal tarsus with 3 spines (
Fig. 5
); tibia of leg IV with 19 trichobothria (
Fig. 6
)
...........................................................................................................
Sarax cavernicola
sp. nov.
2. Pedipalpal patella with 4 major spines on antero-dorsal and 4 or 3 major spines on pedipalpal femur; pedipalpal tarsus with 2 or 3 spines; tibia leg IV with 19 trichobothria ............................................................................................. 3
- Pedipalpal patella with 4 major spines on antero-dorsal and 3 major spines on pedipalpal femur (
Fig. 16
); pedipalpal tarsus with 2 minute spines (
Fig. 18
); tibia of leg IV with 17 trichobothria (
Fig. 20
)....................................................
................................................................................................................................
Sarax sarawakensis
(
Thorell 1888
)
3. Pedipalpal tarsus with 2 spines; trichobothrium
bt
on the middle or close to distal fourth basitibial segmenttrichobothrium
bc
closer to
bf
than to
sbf
or about midway between
bf
and
sbf
; with or without sexual dimorphism ............. 4
- Pedipalpal tarsus with 3 spines (
Figs. 11
,
13
); trichobothrium
bt
close to distal fourth basitibial segment, trichobothrium
bc
about midway between
bf
and
sbf
(
Fig. 12
); with distinct sexual dimorphism
............
Sarax yayukae
sp. nov.
4. With distinct sexual dimorphism; median eye tubercle completely divided into two parts (
Fig. 26
); trichobothrium
bt
close to proximal fourth basitibial segment, trichobothrium
bc
about midway between
bf
and
sbf
(
Fig. 29
)................
....................................................................................................................................................
Sarax mardua
sp. nov.
- Without sexual dimorphism; median eye tubercle high, black and well-developed, not divided into two parts (
Fig. 21
); trichobothrium
bt
on the middle of fourth basitibial segment; trichobothrium
bc
closer to
bf
than to
sbf
(
Fig. 25
) ...................................................................................................................................
Sarax sangkulirangensis
sp. nov.