A new genus and five new species of Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, with remarks on distribution
Author
Gardzińska, Joanna
Author
Żabka, Marek
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-07-05
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37
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196414
6cea8d68-da0b-4dff-ac5c-8a610d84683f
1175-5326
196414
Parahelpis
new genus
Type
species:
Helpis abnormis
Żabka, 2002
, designated here.
Etymology.
Derived from
Helpis
– the possible relative.
Current list of species:
Parahelpis abnormis
(Żabka, 2002)
comb. nov.
,
Parahelpis smithae
sp. nov.
.
Diagnosis.
General appearance similar to
Helpis
. In comparison with other Astieae genera, tegulum strongly elongated, prolaterally bent and looking “mirror-reversed”-like. Posterior lobe large, retrolateral tibial apophysis broad and bifurcate.
FIGURES 45–52.
Parahelpis smithae
new species
, male holotype. 45 dorsal view; 46–47 cephalothorax; 48 ventral view; 49–50 abdomen (49 dorsal, 50 ventral); 51–52 palpal organ (51 ventral, 52 dorsal). Scale bars: 45 & 48 = 1 mm; 51–52 = 0.5 mm.
Description.
Pluridentate spiders,
5–6 mm
long. Cephalothorax with gentle thoracic slope and clusters of pale, scale-like hairs. Fovea located just behind PLE. Abdomen elongate, without scutum, with pattern of dark markings on pale background. Clypeus narrow. Chelicerae long, pluridentate. Sternum scutiform. Legs long and slender, in both known species with 4 and 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines, respectively. Seminal reservoir runs along tegulum in its median part.
Females unknown.