Revision of the Australian Spider Genus Habronestes (Araneae: Zodariidae). Species of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
Author
Baehr, Barbara
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2003
2003-12-10
55
3
343
376
https://journals.australian.museum/baehr-2003-rec-aust-mus-553-343376/
journal article
10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1389
2201-4349
10092723
Habronestes pictus
species-group
Diagnosis
. Carapace not raised in front; AME or PME never largest eyes. Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved or in circular group.All eyes nearly equal-sized or AME smallest. Abdomen dark brown with 2–5 pairs of white patches on top, and 1–3 patches in front of spinnerets.
Description
.
Male
(AM KS55869). Small to medium sized spiders (2.5–10.5) long.
Colour
. Carapace, sternum and chelicerae sepia brown or orange; maxillae, labium sepia brown, distally white. Abdomen sepia brown with 2–5 pairs of white patches on top and 1–3 patches in front of spinnerets; laterally with 1or 2 undulating horizontal white stripes; ventrally, 1 longitudinal white stripe from epigastric fold to near tracheal spiracle or none. Legs yellow or pale brown; clearly annulated or with indistinct colour pattern.
Carapace
. Oval; finely reticulated; with lateral rim and longitudinal fovea.
Sternum
. Heart-shaped anteriorly straight; with lateral rim, no lateral extensions; finely striated; with short and longer setae.
Eyes
. All eyes nearly equal-sized or AME smallest. In 2 rows each with 4 eyes, both rows procurved or circular around AME.
Mouthparts
. Chelicerae, without teeth but with rows of hairs, bordering mesial margin, dorsally with a few hairs and bristles, laterally with condyle. Maxillae triangular, with promarginal scopula and without serrula; labium triangular.
Abdomen
. Oval; with ordinary short hairs; ALS on common base, conical, with very short distal segment; PLS small, widely spaced with PMS in one row; PMS tiny; colulus tiny with some hairs. Tracheal spiracle small slit-like, with sclerotized cover.
Legs
. Length formula 4123; 3rd claw on onychium (
Fig. 51
).
Male palp
(
Figs. 1, 2
). RCF deep,
2
3
to whole of cymbium length. LTA with long vertical stalk and irregular horizontal plate; DTA with flattened or thin stalk and curled apical end covered with spicules; VTA sickle-shaped, long, with sharp or blunt tip; embolus thin and semicircular. Tibiae short with DTiA and VTiA.