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lordhowensis
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Rix &amp; Harvey
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<figureCitation box="[140,241,1152,1178]" captionStart="Figure 87" captionStartId="205.[140,212,1315,1337]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@205.[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetPageId="205" captionText="Figure 87. Rayforstia species, female cleared receptacula, dorsal view: AB R. vulgaris (Forster) from Lewis Pass, New Zealand (WAM T94455) C R. signata (Forster) from the Puhipuhi Valley, New Zealand (AMNH) D R. antipoda (Forster) from Lake Hawea, New Zealand (AMNH) E allotype R. lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS76260) F R. propinqua (Forster) from Broken River, New Zealand (MCZ) G R. salmoni (Forster) from Desert Road, New Zealand (AMNH) H R. scuta (Forster) from Norsewood, New Zealand (AMNH). Arrows indicate the trajectory of insemination ducts. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767831" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767831/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Figs 87E</figureCitation>
,
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, 216
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material.
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male: next to
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,
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,
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,
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, litter,
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,
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,
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(
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).
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:
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female,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, AM team (
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)
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.
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<emphasis box="[185,315,1434,1460]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" reason="1">Etymology</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The specific epithet refers to the
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locality of this species.
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<paragraph blockId="56.[140,1108,1222,1672]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,312,1469,1495]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">
<emphasis box="[185,307,1469,1495]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57" reason="1">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis box="[433,686,1469,1495]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Rayforstia lordhowensis</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from all other described congeners except
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<emphasis box="[459,560,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">R. raveni</emphasis>
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by the absence of a dorsal scute (
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AB); and from
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</taxonomicName>
by the shorter embolus and more symmetric, triangular conductor (
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). Females can be distinguished from all other described congeners by the tilted, globular morphology of the spermathecae (
<figureCitation box="[719,824,1610,1636]" captionStart="Figure 87" captionStartId="205.[140,212,1315,1337]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@205.[140,1108,165,1296]" captionTargetPageId="205" captionText="Figure 87. Rayforstia species, female cleared receptacula, dorsal view: AB R. vulgaris (Forster) from Lewis Pass, New Zealand (WAM T94455) C R. signata (Forster) from the Puhipuhi Valley, New Zealand (AMNH) D R. antipoda (Forster) from Lake Hawea, New Zealand (AMNH) E allotype R. lordhowensis sp. n. from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (AMS KS76260) F R. propinqua (Forster) from Broken River, New Zealand (MCZ) G R. salmoni (Forster) from Desert Road, New Zealand (AMNH) H R. scuta (Forster) from Norsewood, New Zealand (AMNH). Arrows indicate the trajectory of insemination ducts. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767831" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767831/files/figure.png" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Fig. 87E</figureCitation>
). Both sexes can also be recognised by the small body size and Lord Howe Island distribution (Fig. 216).
</paragraph>
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.
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<typeStatus box="[347,444,167,193]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Holotype</typeStatus>
male
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: Total length 0.68. Carapace 0.34 long, 0.27 wide. Abdomen 0.36 long, 0.25 wide. Leg I femur 0.25. Body colour very pale cream. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica, but barely-visible due to faded colour of specimen. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin with three peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.74); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalpal patella with retrolaterally-directed, hooked lRPA and rounded, depressed distal region with ornate, ridged cuticular microstructure; tegulum smooth, with excavate ETR and triangular distal conductor; embolus long (length&gt; 5× width), looping dorsal to conductor (
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).
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<typeStatus box="[185,276,589,615]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Allotype</typeStatus>
female
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: Total length 0.86. Carapace 0.41 long, 0.31 wide. Abdomen 0.49 long, 0.37 wide. Leg I femur 0.28. Body colour very pale cream. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica, but barely-visible due to faded colour of specimen. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.68); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalp entire, five-segmented. Epigyne with distinctive external morphology (
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); spermathecae globular, tilted mesally; insemination ducts looped; fertilisation ducts sinuous (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[185,339,976,1002]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" reason="1">Distribution</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Known only from Lord Howe Island in the western Pacific Ocean,
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north-east of Sydney (Fig. 216).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,301,1047,1073]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">
<emphasis box="[185,296,1047,1073]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" reason="1">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis box="[312,575,1047,1073]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Rayforstia lordhowensis</emphasis>
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seems more similar to Australian species of
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<emphasis box="[140,252,1082,1108]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Rayforstia</emphasis>
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than to
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taxa, as evidenced by the absence of a dorsal scute on the male abdomen and the close similarity to
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<emphasis box="[726,830,1118,1143]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">R. raveni</emphasis>
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from eastern
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. The species is found on both the north and mountainous south of Lord Howe Island (
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); the habitat at Stephens Reserve is lowland, subtropical rainforest dominated by Kentia palms (
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<emphasis box="[480,557,1223,1248]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Howea</emphasis>
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spp.) (
<figureCitation box="[638,758,1223,1249]" captionStart="Figure 220" captionStartId="313.[140,212,1280,1302]" captionTargetBox="[140,1108,165,1260]" captionTargetId="figure@313.[140,1108,165,1263]" captionTargetPageId="313" captionText="Figure 220. Lord Howe Island, western Pacific Ocean home to three genera of Micropholcommatidae, including Patelliella adusta sp. n., the only known member of the tribe Patelliellini. A view across Lord Howe Island from Kims Lookout, showing southern mountains in the distance B Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower from Transit Hill, showing cloud-covered summits CE fern- and moss-covered vegetation on the summit of Mount Gower, habitat of P. adusta F lowland kentia palm rainforest at Stephens Reserve, habitat of Rayforstia lordhowensis sp. n. Images by M. Rix." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767873" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767873/files/figure.png" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Fig. 220F</figureCitation>
). It is the smallest known species of
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<emphasis box="[221,333,1258,1284]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Rayforstia</emphasis>
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.
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