But wait, there's more! Descriptions of new species and undescribed sexes of flattie spiders (Araneae, Selenopidae, Karaops) from Australia
Author
Crews, Sarah C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9360-6236
California Academy of Sciences, Department of Entomology, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA, 94118, USA
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760
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Karaops dawara Crews & Harvey, 2011
Fig. 11C
, Maps 1
, 5
Karaops dawara
Crews & Harvey, 2011: 81, figs 79, 80 (♀, examined).
New record.
Northern Territory • 1 imm.; Kakadu National Park, Kapalga, north side of site E;
12°38.038'S
, 132°23.122"E; 18 Jan. 2009; S. Crews, G. Brown leg.; (WAM T97230).
Diagnosis.
Karaops dawara
(Fig.
11C
) can be differentiated from other members of the
Karaops dawara
species group by the endogyne. The distance between turns of the copulatory ducts is longer, the ducts in general are more horizontal and thinner, and the turns are much tighter. The accessory bulbs are also more easily seen in this species as they occur at the end of the ducts (
Crews and Harvey 2011
: fig. 80).
Figure 11.
Karaops nitmiluk
sp. nov. and
Karaops dawara
from the
Karaops dawara
species group
A
Karaops nitmiluk
sp. nov., holotype, Baruwei Walk, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory (sel_1333, MAGNT A004906)
B
Karaops nitmiluk
sp. nov.
C
Karaops dawara
, female holotype, Kakadu National Park, Kapalga, Northern Territory (WAM T54998)
D
Karaops nitmiluk
sp. nov., holotype, (sel_1333, MAGNT A004906)
E
Karaops nitmiluk
sp. nov., arrows indicate orange and black spines (sel_1334, MAGNT A004890). Scale bars: 1 mm.
Description.
The description of the female can be found in
Crews and Harvey (2011)
.
Male.
Unknown.
Distribution.
This species has been found at the northern part of the Top End, Northern Territory.
Natural history.
Females have been collected in November and January. In both months temperatures are at their highest, though they do not differ much throughout the year. The former is going into the wet season, and the latter is one of the wettest months of the year.
Karaops dawara
occurs in the Darwin Coastal region and subregion. The generally low area is drained by many large rivers and comprises forests of eucalypts with grasses (
Crews and Harvey 2011
: fig. 102) (Suppl. material 2: table S1). This species has been collected beneath wood/logs on the ground and beneath rocks.
Discussion.
No collections of
Karaops dawara
(Fig.
11C
) have been made since 2009, thus the male remains unknown. In
K. nitmiluk
sp. nov., there is a lot of genitalic variation (see below). There are only two female specimens of
K. dawara
. When more specimens are found, there may be a lot of variation in this species, and diagnoses will need to be emended.