New species of Helpis Simon, 1901 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae), with a new definition of the genus
Author
Żabka, Marek
Author
Patoleta, Barbara M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3873
5
571
589
journal article
42355
10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.7
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1175-5326
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Helpis wanlessi
sp. nov.
Figs 42–50
,
86
Type
material
.
AUSTRALIA
, New South
Wales
: ♂
holotype
, Warrumbungles National Park, John Renshaw Parkway,
1.9 km
W of Camp Wambelong,
31º16'32" S
,
148º57'37" E
, [-31.2756, 148.9603], under rocks,
10 Nov. 2001
, M. Gray, G. Milledge & H. Smith, AMS KS75206.
Etymology
. In honour of the British arachnologist Mr Fred R. Wanless, in recognition of his excellent work on salticid taxonomy.
Diagnosis
. In comparison with other relatives, median guides wider, copulatory openings oriented laterally (the only case), insemination ducts relatively shorter (
Figs 49–50
).
Description
. Female
holotype
. Cephalothorax pear-shaped, greyish brown covered with brown hairs and sparse chestnut setae (
Fig. 42
). Eyes surrounded in dark brown. Thorax with middle yellowish stripe. Abdomen with a grey pattern on light background. Spinnerets whitish, but the anterior ones with wide grey band. Clypeus grey brown, narrow (about 16% of AME diameter), with some protruding bristles below and between AME (
Fig. 44
). Chelicerae grey brown, with rugose frontal surfaces, promargin and retromargin with four and five teeth, respectively (
Fig. 46
). Pedipalps greyish brown, metatarsus with a dorsal and a retrolateral spine. Endites and labium basally greyish brown with lighter distal halves (
Fig. 45
). Sternum yellowish, with darker margins. Venter whitish with grey pattern (
Fig. 43
). Legs I the longest and more robust than others, greyish brown, only coxae and femora pale yellow, darker laterally. Ventral spination of first legs: tibia 2-2-2-2, metatarsus 2-2. Legs II more delicate, with similar colouration and spination. Legs III–IV lighter, with darker bands. All femora with dorsal spines: first femora 1-1-2, the others 1-1-3. Epigyne with clearly visible posterior pouch (
Fig. 49
). Copulatory ducts short, slightly oblique, spermathecae pear-shaped, accessory glands short (
Fig. 50
). Dimensions: CL 2.81,
CH
1.45, CW 2.22, AL 3.32, AW 2.03, EFL 1.24, AEW 1.87, PEW 1.53, leg I 7.30 (2.14+1.32+1.85+1.31+0.68), leg II 6.12 (1.74+1.09+1.49+1.20+0.60), leg III 6.22 (1.71+0.95+1.44+1.46+0.66), leg IV 7.83 (2.20+0.78+2.03+1.86+0.70).
Male. Unknown.
Distribution
. Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 86
, triangle).