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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1145-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="ACBBD138B7375B0D9F63CE792A82F653" ID-ZooBank="830628C276CD4641BFC6144CD775ED6B" ModsDocID="1313-2970-1145-1" checkinTime="1675506069289" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Hedin, Marshal & Milne, Marc A." docDate="2023" docId="77D1FFC1C1C759EFAB015D8F80299961" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 1145: 1-130" docOrigin="ZooKeys 1145" docPubDate="2023-02-03" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724" docTitle="Nesticus secretus Gertsch 1984" docType="treatment" docVersion="1" id="ACBBD138B7375B0D9F63CE792A82F653" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="ACBBD138B7375B0D9F63CE792A82F653" masterDocTitle="New species in old mountains: integrative taxonomy reveals ten new species and extensive short-range endemism in Nesticus spiders (Araneae, Nesticidae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains" masterLastPageNumber="130" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1675506069289" updateUser="pensoft">
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<mods:title>New species in old mountains: integrative taxonomy reveals ten new species and extensive short-range endemism in Nesticus spiders (Araneae, Nesticidae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Hedin, Marshal</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182 - 4614, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Milne, Marc A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2023-02-03</mods:number>
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<mods:number>1145</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724</mods:identifier>
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<treatment LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:77D1FFC1C1C759EFAB015D8F80299961" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/77D1FFC1C1C759EFAB015D8F80299961" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="478YY" LSID="77D1FFC1-C1C7-59EF-AB01-5D8F80299961" authority="Gertsch, 1984" authorityName="Gertsch" authorityYear="1984" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus secretus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="secretus">Nesticus secretus Gertsch, 1984</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 39" captionStartId="F39" captionText="Figure 39. Nesticus gertschi and N. secretus genitalia. N. gertschi A North Carolina, Yancey Co., Blue Ridge Parkway at Balsam Gap, MCH 02 _ 195, ♂ palp, ventral B North Carolina, Buncombe Co., NW of Hickory Nut Gap, Hwy 74, MCH 01 _ 173, ♂ palp, ventral. North Carolina, Buncombe Co., NW of Hickory Nut Gap, Hwy 74, MCH 01 _ 173, epigynum, ventral (C), dorsal (D). North Carolina, Yancey Co., Blue Ridge Parkway at Balsam Gap, MCH 02 _ 195, epigynum, ventral (E), dorsal (F). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. N. secretus Gertsch 1984 epigynum. Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ♀ holotype, ventral (G), dorsal (H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804490" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 39G, H</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gertsch" authorityYear="1984" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus secretus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="secretus">Nesticus secretus</taxonomicName>
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Gertsch, 1984: 33, figs 173, 174.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Type material:
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1933-07-08" collectorName="W. J. Gertsch" country="USA" location="Great Smoky Mountains National Park" specimenCount="♀" stateProvince="Tennessee" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<collectingCountry name="United States of America">USA</collectingCountry>
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Tennessee">Tennessee</collectingRegion>
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</emphasis>
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•
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<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
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<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
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;
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:77D1FFC1C1C759EFAB015D8F80299961:C7426C8A208D074659451390E91AE27C" country="USA" name="Great Smoky Mountains National Park" stateProvince="Tennessee">Great Smoky Mountains National Park</location>
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;
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<collectingDate value="1933-07-08">8 Jul. 1933</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName>W.J. Gertsch</collectorName>
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leg.; AMNH.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
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Gertsch cites the type data for this "
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">small, dusky epigean species with short legs</emphasis>
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" as "female holotype from Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, 8 July 1933 (W.J. Gertsch)". However, the label associated with the holotype female (see above) includes neither specific locality nor county information.
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The type female is clearly a representative of the
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Coyle & McGarity" authorityYear="1992" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus nasicus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nasicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus nasicus</emphasis>
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group, and is potentially synonymous with
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Coyle & McGarity" authorityYear="1992" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus gertschi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gertschi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus gertschi</emphasis>
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(see Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 39" captionStartId="F39" captionText="Figure 39. Nesticus gertschi and N. secretus genitalia. N. gertschi A North Carolina, Yancey Co., Blue Ridge Parkway at Balsam Gap, MCH 02 _ 195, ♂ palp, ventral B North Carolina, Buncombe Co., NW of Hickory Nut Gap, Hwy 74, MCH 01 _ 173, ♂ palp, ventral. North Carolina, Buncombe Co., NW of Hickory Nut Gap, Hwy 74, MCH 01 _ 173, epigynum, ventral (C), dorsal (D). North Carolina, Yancey Co., Blue Ridge Parkway at Balsam Gap, MCH 02 _ 195, epigynum, ventral (E), dorsal (F). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. N. secretus Gertsch 1984 epigynum. Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ♀ holotype, ventral (G), dorsal (H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804490" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">39C, D</figureCitation>
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). However, essentially all eastern
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Coyle & McGarity" authorityYear="1992" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus nasicus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nasicus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus nasicus</emphasis>
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group populations are known from east of the French Broad River, while the Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies west of this (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Distribution of Nesticus nasicus group species. Type localities designated with yellow circles. Primary cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe known species distributions; possible distribution of Nesticus secretus is tentative, see text for details." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804481" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">30</figureCitation>
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). Also, extensive collections from the eastern portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have only ever resulted in the collection of members of the
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Petrunkevitch" baseAuthorityYear="1925" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus tennesseensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tennesseensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus tennesseensis</emphasis>
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group (
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. cherokeensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cherokeensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. cherokeensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. silvanus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="silvanus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. silvanus</emphasis>
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, Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Distribution of Nesticus tennesseensis group species. Type localities designated with yellow circles. State boundaries and major cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe known species distributions." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804464" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">13</figureCitation>
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), or members of the
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gertsch" authorityYear="1984" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus reclusus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reclusus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus reclusus</emphasis>
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group (
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. binfordae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binfordae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. binfordae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. reclusus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reclusus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. reclusus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 53" captionStartId="F53" captionText="Figure 53. A distribution of Nesticus reclusus group species B distribution of Nesticus jonesi. Type localities designated with yellow circles. State boundaries and major cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe known species distributions. The geographic distribution of " N. cooperi - like " populations is circled; this includes some female-only locations which are inside this distribution and included here only for purposes of graphical convenience." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure53" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804504" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">53</figureCitation>
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). Both
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. binfordae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binfordae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. binfordae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. reclusus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reclusus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. reclusus</emphasis>
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have been collected from along the Little Pigeon River.
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A possible region to search for
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gertsch" authorityYear="1984" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus secretus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="secretus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus secretus</emphasis>
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would be the English or Green Mountains, west of the French Broad River, but not too distant from records for
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. gertschi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gertschi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. gertschi</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Distribution of Nesticus nasicus group species. Type localities designated with yellow circles. Primary cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe known species distributions; possible distribution of Nesticus secretus is tentative, see text for details." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804481" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">30</figureCitation>
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). Because of this possibility we retain
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. secretus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="secretus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. secretus</emphasis>
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as a valid taxon, pending further focused collection efforts.
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