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
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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 macedonensis
species-group
Diagnosis
. Carapace not raised in front; highest point just behind eye region. Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved, AME largest. Femora III, IV with a row of 3–6 stout dorsal spines at distal end; patella III, IV with 1 irregular longitudinal row of stout spines prolaterally.Abdomen with 2–4 pairs of white patches on anterior part and 1 or 2 patches in front of spinnerets.
Description
. Medium-sized spiders,
4.60–9.70 mm
body length.
Colour
. Carapace chestnut brown with dark fovea and dark bifurcate or radiate stripes in front; sternum yellow, reddish or pale brown; chelicerae medium or reddish brown; maxillae and labium pale brown, distally white. Abdomen sepia brown with 2–4 pairs of white patches on anterior part, and 1 or 2 long and undulate patches in front of spinnerets; laterally sepia brown or pink brown with 2–3 elongate and broad white patches; ventrally pale pink brown usually with longitudinal white stripe. Legs yellow or pale brown; clearly annulated or indistinct colour pattern
Carapace
. Oval, highest just behind eyes.
Sternum
. Heartshaped, anteriorly straight, finely reticulated.
Eyes
. In 2 rows, each with 4 eyes, both rows procurved. AME largest. Eye group width 0.54–0.6 of headwidth.
Clypeus & chilum
. Clypeus about 3× diameter of AME; chilum undivided.
Mouthparts
. Chelicerae, basal segment with rows of hairs, bordering mesial margin, dorsally hirsute, laterally with condyle; maxillae triangular, with promarginal scopula; labium triangular.
Legs
. Length formula 4132; femora III, IV with a row of 3–6 stout dorsal spines at distal end; patella III, IV with 1 irregular longitudinal row of stout spines prolaterally; 3rd claw on onychium, (
Fig. 51
).
Male palp
. RCF ½–
2
3
of cymbium length; LTA with an irregular plate; DTA chitinous, with a flattened or thin stalk and an curled apical end covered with spicules; VTA sickle-shaped, long, with rounded or sharp tip; embolus thin, or semicircular. Tibiae with short apophyses.