The Goblin Spiders of the New Endemic Australian Genus Cavisternum (Araneae: Oonopidae)
Author
Baehr, Barbara C.
Author
Harvey, Mark S.
Author
Smith, Helen M.
text
American Museum Novitates
2010
2010-03-04
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/667.1
journal article
10.1206/667.1
0003-0082
5358760
C6A064BB-45E2-494A-935D-D7797D6E7BCC
Cavisternum noelashepherdae
,
new species
Figures 22
,
158–160
, map 3
TYPE:
AUSTRALIA
:
Northern Territory
:
Male
holotype
from
Calvert Hills Station
,
49 km
W of Calvert Road
turnoff, 16
°
49
9
23
0
S
, 137
°
08
9
57
0
E
,
150 m
(
6 July–14 Sep. 2006
,
R. Raven
,
B. Baehr
,
A. Amey
) (PBI_OON 00006104), deposited in QM (S75164)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Noela Helene Shepherd.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of
C. noelashepherdae
resemble those of
C. ewani
, with the sternal concavity occupying most of the sternal length (fig. 22). However, males of
C. noelashepherdae
can be easily separated from all other species by their greatly reduced fangs (fig. 22), the endites with medially directed triangular lobes (fig. 22) and the row of stiff setae near the anterior margin of the clavate field (fig. 22).
Figs. 156, 157.
Cavisternum michaelbellomoi
,
new species
, female epigyne (PBI_OON 06287).
156.
Ventral view.
157.
Dorsal view.
MALE: Total length 0.99. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.37 wide; abdomen 0.50 long, 0.29 wide. Carapace, sternum, mouthparts, and abdominal scutae pale orange, legs yellow. Sternum longer than wide, median concavity occupying most of sternal length, with field of clavate setae covering about half of sternum width, median band bare, anterior margin with rectangular rim of short, stiff setae (fig. 22). Chelicerae straight, fang directed medially, reduced, tip unmodified. Endites with medially directed triangular lobes. Abdomen ovoid, epigastric scutum slightly protruding; sperm pore surrounded by circular field of pores. Cymbium-bulb complex bearing a long, medially bent embolus with a broadened basis (figs. 158–160).
Figs. 158–160.
Cavisternum noelashepherdae
,
new species
, male palp (PBI_OON 06104).
158.
Prolateral view.
159.
Retrolateral view.
160.
Dorsal view.
Figs. 161–165.
Cavisternum rochesterae
,
new species
.
161–163.
Male palp (PBI_OON 07072).
161.
Prolateral view.
162.
Retrolateral view.
163.
Dorsal view.
164
,
165.
Female epigyne (PBI_OON 07072).
164.
Ventral view; semicircular rim indicated.
165.
Dorsal view.
FEMALE: Unknown.
DISTRIBUTION: This species is known only from
Calvert Hills Station
in northeastern
Northern Territory
(map 3)
.