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.