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<taxonomicName id="055AEB1D5B26DA81CF986CA296C042E0" ID-CoL="C7KNP" LSID="https://zoobank.org/97BA1BD5-54EA-4A2F-BA7A-AF4F7B99FC5E" authority="Crews, 2023" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum" status="sp. nov.">Karaops durrantorum</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation id="5DA8C5A08EB87495EB3BCE37F7684C21" captionStart="Figure 64" captionStartId="F73" captionText="Figure 64. Karaops spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops sp. Harding Dam B Karaops banyjima, adult male, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) C Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136, WAM T 155512) D Karaops banyjima, adult male, Dale's Gorge, Karijini National Park (sel _ 1187, WAM T 155563). Scale bars: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure64" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816453" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 64C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="4DC523EA1DAAA7E9A2AD2C5DF0206AFB" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F74" captionText="Figure 65. Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. and Karaops banyjima from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, palp ventral, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136; WAM T 155512); TS = Tegular sheath, CS = Conductor sheath B same, retrolateral C Karaops banyjima, adult male, palp, ventral, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) D same, retrolateral E same, dorsal F Karaops banyjima, adult male, ~ 1.5 km from Hamersley Gorge on side of road (sel _ 1174, WAM T 155550). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C-E); 2 mm (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816454" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 65A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="FECAFB5A9571E55B1D5FFEE6E16FA211" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F75" captionText="Figure 66. Karaops spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136, WAM T 155512) B Karaops banyjima, adult male, face, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) C Mandu Mandu Gorge, habitat of Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. D Karaops yurlburr, holotype female, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) E Karaops banyjima, holotype female, NW of Newman (WAM T 101159) F Karaops yurlburr, holotype male, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) G Karaops ngarluma, holotype male, SW of Roebourne (WAM T 79396). Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 66A, C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="10D93FE6EA04476566AFADDABED0033E" captionStart="Map 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Map 1. Map of Australia showing areas that are expanded in subsequent figures. CD = Central Desert group, D = Karaops dawara group, F = Karaops francesae group, K = Kimberley group, UA = species that are not assigned to a group, PG = Pilbara-Gascoyne group." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.map1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816383" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">; Maps 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="755C8A08DF4D5BB57EAE868EDEB01C2B" captionStart="Map 9" captionStartId="F57" captionText="Map 9. Species of the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A diamonds (juveniles): blue = Erawandoo Hill, orange = Mt. Augustus, red = Nammuldi, yellow = Hillside-Corunna-Glenn Herring, black = Marble Bar-Glacier Valley, pink = Orebody 19, 31, teal = Wheelara North, orange with thick outline = Harding Dam (maybe Karaops ngarluma, see text); Circles: dark blue = Karaops julianneae, dark green = Karaops badgeradda, red = Karaops joehaeneri sp. nov., teal = Karaops karrawarla, blue = Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., brown = Karaops burbidgei, green = Karaops martamarta, purple = Karaops nyangumarta, black = Karaops banyjima, yellow = Karaops morganoconnelli sp. nov., gray = Karaops nyiyaparli, red-brown = Karaops feedtime, bright pink = Karaops nyamal (probably, see text), white = Karaops kariyarra, bright green = Karaops yurlburr, orange = Karaops ngarluma, tan = Karaops jaburrara, peach = Karaops forteyi, teal = new species yet undescribed; small white diamonds are unidentifiable immatures for which no molecular data are available B boxed area expanded for clarity." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.map9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816437" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 9A</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6E8496F19D29119D62586E0F53CC03FC" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="273E9070623894A58949E9B7C12F73E5" collectingDate="2016-05-10" collectorName="S. Crews, J. DeJong" elevation="16" latitude="-22.15075" location="Mandu Mandu Gorge Trail" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="113.883316" municipality="Cape Range National Park" specimenCount="♂" stateProvince="Western Australia" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus id="E5F324E5C65BFC0785969B1BC9C9B73F">Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
<collectingRegion id="7A3C79F9BAFFDF0C05CA3F09AE7C32E2" country="Australia" name="Western Australia">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
•
<specimenCount id="430773CE5A74B84D010882A1AAC64316">♂</specimenCount>
(reared in captivity);
<collectingMunicipality id="4AC1F9B1FC5FBEF5733496B7533B1ED9">Cape Range National Park</collectingMunicipality>
,
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, hill above car park;
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,
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; ~
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;
<collectingDate id="273D58139534136FE83B485DE2103CFB" value="2016-05-10">10 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName id="47600374A4E9344E8C59AD1217768076">S. Crews</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="F48C31A8515CB605D9E343AF79DF5AA5">J. DeJong</collectorName>
leg.; under rocks in area with spinifex; sel_1136; SCC16_019; (WAM T155512)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="E1DB2BD794EE3A6C509D57E368D2B67E" collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="S. Crews &amp; J. DeJong" elevation="16" latitude="-22.15075" location="Mandu Mandu Gorge Trail" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="113.883316" municipality="Cape Range National Park" specimenCount="3" stateProvince="Western Australia" typeStatus="Other material examined">
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<typeStatus id="E07B4CCD218482370DF5579AB6B1D151" isOtherTypeStatus="true">Other material examined</typeStatus>
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:
<specimenCount id="87DFDD845F69868CD92E39A664311ACF" type="generic">3 imm.</specimenCount>
(2 different instars present); same data as holotype; sel_1135, 1137-1138; (WAM T155513, 155514)
</materialsCitation>
•
<materialsCitation id="3392D4A28CF3A0002BD30D5F0DFEDA21" collectingDate="2016-05-10" collectorName="S. Crews, J. DeJong" elevation="90" latitude="-22.051968" location="Cape Range National Park" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="114.02126" municipality="Shothole Canyon Road" specimenCount="2" stateProvince="Western Australia">
<specimenCount id="1D559DBDFCF33C70585BB8CCC3760910" type="generic">2 imm.</specimenCount>
;
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,
<collectingMunicipality id="43272F1D9772FC4F2C2D797E3D19E1CF">Shothole Canyon Road</collectingMunicipality>
;
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,
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; ~
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;
<collectingDate id="BD9FE90324468927C5D55864F8A640E0" value="2016-05-10">10 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName id="7DE002EDD413072C70F52780DDC4CC36">S. Crews</collectorName>
,
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leg.; under rocks; sel_1139-1140; SCC16_020 (WAM T155515, 155516)
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.
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<subSubSection id="28A05A740196E7CEA0F72E4758735FBA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="CA143FB10EF9FDC932F6249089FEC680" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="C1E27E3293465238F0E2EEE16700B498" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="32A89BDFE5AD221BFECB324D43C0B271" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops durrantorum</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is most similar to
<taxonomicName id="6C2CAF3EE33A90ECAF716FB1DE785AD0" lsidName="K. burbidgei" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="burbidgei">
<emphasis id="03DA2B2A74054F8220CE42FDF7F9DB37" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. burbidgei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="1ABD07491E684EEA3019EFE3C323C082" lsidName="K. nyangumarta" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nyangumarta">
<emphasis id="257042CE8943259A538D31D462A0E51D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. nyangumarta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the large tegular lobe, the relatively short embolus that does not follow the edge of the bulb, and the twisted distal part of the conductor (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1BB1F7A55A6CB4D8E5A820CA53EBCEE1" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F74" captionText="Figure 65. Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. and Karaops banyjima from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, palp ventral, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136; WAM T 155512); TS = Tegular sheath, CS = Conductor sheath B same, retrolateral C Karaops banyjima, adult male, palp, ventral, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) D same, retrolateral E same, dorsal F Karaops banyjima, adult male, ~ 1.5 km from Hamersley Gorge on side of road (sel _ 1174, WAM T 155550). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C-E); 2 mm (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816454" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">65A</figureCitation>
). It can be differentiated from
<taxonomicName id="2BEE9958E7F393BB1AD8BA4758F3EDD1" lsidName="K. burbidgei" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="burbidgei">
<emphasis id="4F7F1E123A340F2CB02C8CE8162B8C7C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. burbidgei</emphasis>
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by the median apophysis. In
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<emphasis id="4C6C1C23099E1EF0FC5886CBCBF22B22" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. burbidgei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the median apophysis has a long base and a short branch, and the median apophysis of
<taxonomicName id="BA9424B10CADAF7641B4E4777A0145CA" lsidName="K. durrantorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="9DEDB28BD3777504FF2BB98C5363185B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. durrantorum</emphasis>
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sp. nov. has a large, wide base and a narrow branch that is nearly the length of the base. Additionally, the spermophor of
<taxonomicName id="900DF59593701B5E1381880B2C93BE83" lsidName="K. burbidgei" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="burbidgei">
<emphasis id="7E427796E991FE0DB892CB7D2E40667A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. burbidgei</emphasis>
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is undulate, with much of it near the top of the tegular lobe. In
<taxonomicName id="B64A99F85C3649C65F902AC773474FB2" lsidName="K. durrantorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="91DD288AC0F1D5D31E6290961A7A0227" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., the spermophor is U-shaped, reaching the bottom of the tegular lobe medially.
<taxonomicName id="E231AE91F141CFEF13ED8E9BF5F39649" authorityName="Crews &amp; Harvey" authorityYear="2011" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops burbidgei" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burbidgei">
<emphasis id="7CC9505E0B03ED8B65D022D74C7E334A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops burbidgei</emphasis>
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is not known to occur on the mainland, only on Barrow and Varanus Islands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D108D3764FCC9F1F35FE2F9A3A89DAF5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="4368846A43BF541D0308AE32E0531BE4" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="6720C3391D21D8ABF893F7789EBED867" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. differs from
<taxonomicName id="94EF9EE472167B0CE54164D3AC56CB46" lsidName="K. nyangumarta" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nyangumarta">
<emphasis id="C892E8E8FA2323E8792F5EE0EEA93381" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. nyangumarta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that the former is nearly half the size of the latter. The median apophysis branch is hooked in
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<emphasis id="C4C0C4AAA2C5933777E37C8B0328278C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. nyangumarta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and straighter in
<taxonomicName id="0D82A99FE2A48629F10F9082A3C8E208" lsidName="K. durrantorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="5840A79E0327C359A90523F5CCB1FF27" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., and the spinules on the median apophysis of
<taxonomicName id="18DEE7C0F354B0B9002609D06AAF04DC" lsidName="K. nyangumarta" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nyangumarta">
<emphasis id="3AAE2BEE4B7D32C9F7E47702F65094C5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. nyangumarta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are denser and shorter, covering a larger area than those on the median apophysis the new species. The spermophor of
<taxonomicName id="C527F450E9B537A928A7D552980EC8C8" lsidName="K. nyangumarta" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nyangumarta">
<emphasis id="5446D6C883827542748A6D93FE35F4D9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. nyangumarta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very broad, forming a J-shape from the retrolateral side of the tegular lobe to the middle, then is narrowed abruptly (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AC8A3F58BEE9F44F4A7A3222FF495CFC" captionStart="Figure 63" captionStartId="F72" captionText="Figure 63. Karaops nyangumarta and Karaops nyiyaparli from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A adult male Karaops nyangumarta, Mt. Nameless (sel _ 1197, T 155573) B Karaops nyiyaparli, ex Karaops yindjibarndi, syn. nov., holotype male, 6 km N of Millstream (WAM T 79405) C Karaops nyangumarta, palp, ventral (sel _ 1179, WAM T 155555) D same, retrolateral. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure63" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816452" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">63C</figureCitation>
). In
<taxonomicName id="DF2856166E58643FD51D2A6A79A1549A" lsidName="K. durrantorum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="075A8519573A127FF3C02F05C2E9A367" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K. durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., the width of the spermophor is uniform throughout the tegular lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4B287CA330418C87523ABBC75EDD5434" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F74" captionText="Figure 65. Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. and Karaops banyjima from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, palp ventral, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136; WAM T 155512); TS = Tegular sheath, CS = Conductor sheath B same, retrolateral C Karaops banyjima, adult male, palp, ventral, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) D same, retrolateral E same, dorsal F Karaops banyjima, adult male, ~ 1.5 km from Hamersley Gorge on side of road (sel _ 1174, WAM T 155550). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B); 1 mm (C-E); 2 mm (F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816454" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">65A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E91D53DEB735D621E3B377A0C659626F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph id="8ABB619ED795410033469BC158C1235E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA4C8D256C2BD9894145CAAFF8AEB79C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="85E100725ECAA696BB72893187ED58FC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male</emphasis>
(holotype). Total length 3.24. Carapace: length 1.72, width 2.26. Chelicerae: promargin with three teeth, two nearest fang very close together, smallest closest to fang, other two roughly same size, retromargin with two teeth (1-0-1). Eyes: AER recurved, PER strongly recurved; diameters AME 0.12, ALE 0.08, PME 0.19, PLE 0.27; interdistances AME-PME 0.06, PME-ALE 0.07, ALE-PLE 0.23, PME-PME 0.65, ALE-ALE 0.89, AME-AME 0.34, PLE-PLE 1.12. Sternum: length 0.89, width 1.2. Abdomen: length 1.87, width 1.23. Color (in life Fig.
<figureCitation id="FAB3336E4783732822ADA18C7CA4C294" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F75" captionText="Figure 66. Karaops spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136, WAM T 155512) B Karaops banyjima, adult male, face, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) C Mandu Mandu Gorge, habitat of Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. D Karaops yurlburr, holotype female, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) E Karaops banyjima, holotype female, NW of Newman (WAM T 101159) F Karaops yurlburr, holotype male, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) G Karaops ngarluma, holotype male, SW of Roebourne (WAM T 79396). Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">66A, C</figureCitation>
/preserved Fig.
<figureCitation id="7D97D21C52DD6E4E2521EF72B18CA040" captionStart="Figure 64" captionStartId="F73" captionText="Figure 64. Karaops spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops sp. Harding Dam B Karaops banyjima, adult male, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) C Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136, WAM T 155512) D Karaops banyjima, adult male, Dale's Gorge, Karijini National Park (sel _ 1187, WAM T 155563). Scale bars: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure64" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816453" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">64C</figureCitation>
): Carapace: pale yellowish brown with darker spots, three pair laterally, four spots medially, and two anteriorly between lateral and medial/yellowish white, markings indistinct; setose, with thin, white setae medially and laterally around eye area, red setae around eyes, sparse, darker, shorter, thicker setae present from approximately middle to posterior/after preservation, red setae around eyes and thicker, darker setae remain. Chelicerae: tan, paturon with curved, dark mark frontally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1CDD9F80E748BAA36D66D802FA8E298F" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F75" captionText="Figure 66. Karaops spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136, WAM T 155512) B Karaops banyjima, adult male, face, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) C Mandu Mandu Gorge, habitat of Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. D Karaops yurlburr, holotype female, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) E Karaops banyjima, holotype female, NW of Newman (WAM T 101159) F Karaops yurlburr, holotype male, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) G Karaops ngarluma, holotype male, SW of Roebourne (WAM T 79396). Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">66A</figureCitation>
)/pale whitish yellow, dark marks distinct; cheliceral setae sparser anteriorly and laterally, denser and much stouter on inner cheliceral margin. Maxillae: yellowish white. Labium: dusky, pale distally. Sternum: pale yellowish white. Abdomen: dorsally golden brown, with multi-colored setae, reddish w-shaped mark on anterior half, another posteriorly, posterior third darker overall, longitudinal darker median band, originates anteriorly, extended just past halfway, several small, dark dots along band and posteriorly and laterally/centrally whitish, golden brown anterolaterally, darkened posteriorly, dark spots more distinct as they are from pigment and hair setae have come off in ethanol; ventrally yellowish white. Spinnerets: posterior with red setae dorsally, indistinct in preserved specimen, anterior with dusky markings laterally. Legs: yellowish white, Tr II-IV with black spot prolaterally, Fm leg I-III with a dark spot prolaterally, two dark marks ventrally, other Fm with pale marks basally, and pale annulations distally, Pt with dark area ventrally at Fm-Pt joint, Ti with dark annulation at Pt-Ti joint and pale annulation distally, darker ventrally, Mt with dusky area at Ti-Mt joint and Mt-Ta joint, Ta dusky at tips; spination leg I Fm d 1-1-1, pr 1-1-1, rl 0-0-1, Ti v 2-2-2-2-2, Mt v 2-2-2-2; leg II Fm d 1-1 1, pr 0-0-1, Ti v 2-2-2-2-2, Mt v 2-2-2-2; leg III d 1-1-1, pr 0-0-1, rl 0-1-1, Ti v 2-2, Mt v 2; leg IV Fm d 1-1, pr 0-0-1, rl 0-1-1, Ti 2-2, Mt v 2; leg formula 3241; measurements leg I 8.53 (2.48, 0.97, 2.22. 1.88, 0.98); leg II 10.6 (3.28, 1.02, 2.71, 2.38, 1.21); leg III 11.57 (3.65, 0.99, 2.72, 2.77, 1.44); leg IV 9.85 (3.05, 0.88, 2.37, 2.44, 1.11). Palp: spination Fm d 0-1-2; 1.98 (0.59, 0.30, 0.40, 0.69); dusky area at base of Ti dorsally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="624D343A962925D7F561026E1F59DF44" captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F42" captionText="Figure 35. Karaops yumbubaarnji sp. nov., Cathedral Gorge Lookout, Purnululu National Park, Western Australia A holotype male (sel _ 1300, WAM T 155676) B adult female." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816422" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">35C, H</figureCitation>
); vRTA rounded triangular in retrolateral view, oblong in ventral view, dRTA squared off distally in retrolateral view, slightly curved ventrally, roughly the same size as vRTA; Cy tip with somewhat dense brush of setae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9E0D9D10414B081941E81F28BDBF5DCD" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F75" captionText="Figure 66. Karaops spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136, WAM T 155512) B Karaops banyjima, adult male, face, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) C Mandu Mandu Gorge, habitat of Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. D Karaops yurlburr, holotype female, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) E Karaops banyjima, holotype female, NW of Newman (WAM T 101159) F Karaops yurlburr, holotype male, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) G Karaops ngarluma, holotype male, SW of Roebourne (WAM T 79396). Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">66A</figureCitation>
), Cy triangular, extended slightly further retrobasally in ventral view; rbcp small; C large, twisted, flattened both at tip and retrolaterally, extended dorsally and ventrally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1DA76AE30192BA71CA62ACA83DF15A69" captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F42" captionText="Figure 35. Karaops yumbubaarnji sp. nov., Cathedral Gorge Lookout, Purnululu National Park, Western Australia A holotype male (sel _ 1300, WAM T 155676) B adult female." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816422" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">35H</figureCitation>
), heavily sclerotized tip, with CS that covers E and TS that covers CS; E somewhat short, arising from large TL, not following edge of bulb but in prolateral quarter of bulb, extended apically, hooked retrolaterally, beginning ~ 7 o'clock, ending at ~ 12:30 o'clock; MA with broad base, single branch, slightly curved, nearly as long as base, base with long, somewhat sparse Sp along top edge.
</paragraph>
<caption id="05961A1FE7B5CF93059D5A1CB96EB2B2" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure64" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816453" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 64" startId="F73">
<paragraph id="4487BAC2482C2A4335E3B23072E12BD4" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="CFCBF0512EF0B2D4BA882E9B6911111E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 64.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="99E743F0031F3E3E829B7CF631416408" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group
<emphasis id="F731767C1D215A5DE7367553A33C5C7F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="30AA9408CBD9359AD232722C565025D6" authorityName="Crews &amp; Harvey" authorityYear="2011" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="59E42169D5E198B97B616388B677E56F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. Harding Dam
<emphasis id="97405A1595C8F3E76565B5204E30AE7D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="73B49C31C7747637897A74204D8ECADC" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops banyjima" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banyjima">
<emphasis id="F11F204EFE560B6037C93B76988673FD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops banyjima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, adult male, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel_1198, WAM T155574)
<emphasis id="6B6D483C2F52837200EB6B247BAF2605" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="3EC46B31441D65ADF40F2D20E70CB6ED" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="6D3B5A7D3260533A188EAF6DC5ACCC18" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel_1136, WAM T155512)
<emphasis id="ADB11B020916F3A14F6825F65FB96CEE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="CDCAE9D72A27EAF5CFA0ADF1142479AD" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops banyjima" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banyjima">
<emphasis id="D05EDA819E02F6BC4E7C9FD29F1E50A4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops banyjima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, adult male,
<normalizedToken id="B8D72A0E4C5CFE77856D91F6B45FA6F9" originalValue="Dale’s">Dale's</normalizedToken>
Gorge, Karijini National Park (sel_1187, WAM T155563). Scale bars: 2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="4989724F7FB844643605F64E421D8BEE" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816454" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 65" startId="F74">
<paragraph id="70EE8A67B5788ECABEFC3A5A67A5A376" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="B022C16810A01016D487B441E16ECCD1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 65.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5AE63C5DC56E4215D8A19B335142E596" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="99C686CC7848291DB46431F473934C2B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. and
<taxonomicName id="EE29C617306C574DBA2EEB14F232F2A8" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops banyjima" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banyjima">
<emphasis id="98CD9CF09598165158D190A403E71A01" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops banyjima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group
<emphasis id="B3D455FFCA3D3D38E01EC33D3F5D39A7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="54BE2836018338B1364D329C4990DF15" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="55E7BEC25E3D9858F011E3CE2D1F9F2E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male, palp ventral, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel_1136; WAM T155512); TS = Tegular sheath, CS = Conductor sheath
<emphasis id="C783513D5AA7D0207F694C24C8F708F0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
same, retrolateral
<emphasis id="D7CBFF187BA1B9A5E9E3353E5C0B0B10" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="47B76218C84C7B69A7A38397437F431C" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops banyjima" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banyjima">
<emphasis id="464B55D648C1516856C12541C3E11ECD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops banyjima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, adult male, palp, ventral, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel_1198, WAM T155574)
<emphasis id="B96B20E18332063E7E59ED662028E732" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
same, retrolateral
<emphasis id="53074358762CCB98ECE5D8B426573DFD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
same, dorsal
<emphasis id="792DC1EF216482667B75E18CFA4CC728" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7340CE0A0B7F08999DEDB6B946FD1002" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops banyjima" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banyjima">
<emphasis id="05A6B935C19B138276B15E46D227E785" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops banyjima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, adult male, ~ 1.5 km from Hamersley Gorge on side of road (sel_1174, WAM T155550). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis id="6085C5B43DB7D44C477B778C9B861D08" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A, B</emphasis>
); 1 mm (
<emphasis id="97FF29D562802636A2A4ECD4C639EC72" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C-E</emphasis>
); 2 mm (
<emphasis id="03CEC4C8D7A66ACE839F4D79AF43C912" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="76BA4893BFA898B6FE6211B48AD707D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="FE6A385B338358C32741E577DD81E5B6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 66.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="1F2C423E434F34AE4A86864F49746A28" authorityName="Crews &amp; Harvey" authorityYear="2011" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="35CC61B0C8496421F29BC53836B80F83" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group
<emphasis id="A83283078884EB29D09F0FE483A36AF2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F75F2729048748608BC4D0B0DFCF5C66" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="C95939C38CB7A41462E78E925A4154AC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel_1136, WAM T155512)
<emphasis id="BDD9A0AB51DC49872D4010706DA97C58" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="3A3C5841B8895676CA4DBC0BD18DD70A" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops banyjima" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banyjima">
<emphasis id="90CD4E663A5C2BE4BC4602148192CCDE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops banyjima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, adult male, face, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel_1198, WAM T155574)
<emphasis id="02336884D9617AAB6AF78B7C693B0A76" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
Mandu Mandu Gorge, habitat of
<taxonomicName id="6A73660BF3768C06C4353F7879F44D04" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops durrantorum" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durrantorum">
<emphasis id="72654D6C58EA204B8116C6647805C114" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops durrantorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="AC86AADF310039BD1FE00F07CCA7E243" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="52D57F160E19D1BEE8D8A543497216E4" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops yurlburr" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yurlburr">
<emphasis id="7A6C222B7C81D496D92C9911C07CF51B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops yurlburr</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype female, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T79403)
<emphasis id="2577D7A6B05A9D153E9AC6A5832D28CA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="64FC1F289EEFB45303BCFB0EEAF09C82" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops banyjima" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banyjima">
<emphasis id="638FC3384072F236063C36E196254060" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops banyjima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype female, NW of Newman (WAM T101159)
<emphasis id="26D3F63C2993AC3C50DADB048818B224" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="746C9813553AED7C5787CA50C0E8624C" authorityName="Crews" authorityYear="2013" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops yurlburr" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yurlburr">
<emphasis id="EBB0367F417B4796309F4883CD1BBDDA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops yurlburr</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype male, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T79403)
<emphasis id="51D1460DBF73F9C6ECD2A430FF91C423" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5E10F7127EA5E3DEEB0B21B5E809E866" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops ngarluma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype male, SW of Roebourne (WAM T79396). Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="80E81D7F059A9B008444AD821879FCE0" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="455696A958AD57E7CD4D99F3D18A7DFD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female</emphasis>
. The female of this species is undescribed, but a specimen has been located in the collection at WAM and will be described in a forthcoming publication.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="11064333BB675AD069B29E5D10EEEC95" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="29192C56DF93B69CB34E8EADF5614383" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F31D2D67BD6F88FD77D9A847E5859D53" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">This species is named after Brad and John Durrant, two people who helped me immensely before, during, and after my field work. Name in genitive case.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8CCDC22E6FDC9EAE0270C338C301107F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="B21A01F60C6163E0646766FE501E275A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3B18AD46FE663881FF33CE651475B9BB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Known from only the Cape Range National Park, Western Australia (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4DC939832965E70D076BFF644D7AC9E3" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F75" captionText="Figure 66. Karaops spp. from the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., holotype male, Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range National Park (sel _ 1136, WAM T 155512) B Karaops banyjima, adult male, face, palps not fully developed, Newman-Port Hedland Road (sel _ 1198, WAM T 155574) C Mandu Mandu Gorge, habitat of Karaops durrantorum sp. nov. D Karaops yurlburr, holotype female, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) E Karaops banyjima, holotype female, NW of Newman (WAM T 101159) F Karaops yurlburr, holotype male, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester National Park (WAM T 79403) G Karaops ngarluma, holotype male, SW of Roebourne (WAM T 79396). Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816455" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">66C</figureCitation>
, Map
<figureCitation id="39C532EC19FB4C0BF7241D147FFB0939" captionStart="Map 9" captionStartId="F57" captionText="Map 9. Species of the Pilbara-Gascoyne species group A diamonds (juveniles): blue = Erawandoo Hill, orange = Mt. Augustus, red = Nammuldi, yellow = Hillside-Corunna-Glenn Herring, black = Marble Bar-Glacier Valley, pink = Orebody 19, 31, teal = Wheelara North, orange with thick outline = Harding Dam (maybe Karaops ngarluma, see text); Circles: dark blue = Karaops julianneae, dark green = Karaops badgeradda, red = Karaops joehaeneri sp. nov., teal = Karaops karrawarla, blue = Karaops durrantorum sp. nov., brown = Karaops burbidgei, green = Karaops martamarta, purple = Karaops nyangumarta, black = Karaops banyjima, yellow = Karaops morganoconnelli sp. nov., gray = Karaops nyiyaparli, red-brown = Karaops feedtime, bright pink = Karaops nyamal (probably, see text), white = Karaops kariyarra, bright green = Karaops yurlburr, orange = Karaops ngarluma, tan = Karaops jaburrara, peach = Karaops forteyi, teal = new species yet undescribed; small white diamonds are unidentifiable immatures for which no molecular data are available B boxed area expanded for clarity." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1150.93760.map9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/816437" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D63F22BADA08336DAC20030E0FE7D4D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="natural history">
<paragraph id="24FC644E905D10693CA00AD4DBEBCCF9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Natural history.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EF1EF9AAF09E7B9263D595263AB3A5E8" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
This species is found in the Cape Range subregion of the Carnarvon bioregion. The climate is semi-desert to subtropical, with summer and winter rainfall. The subregion contains high ecosystem and species diversity, although the subterranean terrestrial invertebrate fauna is poorly surveyed (
<bibRefCitation id="0AE57CBDA44E5231C52B9248DFF173C0" author="Kendrick, P" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/about/science/projects/waaudit/carnarvon01_p69-86.pdf" refId="B36" refString="Kendrick, P, Mau, R, 2002. Carnarvon 1 (CAR1- Cape Range subregion). In: Department of Conservation and Land Management A Biodiversity Audit of Western Australia's 53 Biogeographic Subregions in 2002, 69-86. https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/about/science/projects/waaudit/carnarvon01_p69-86.pdf" title="Carnarvon 1 (CAR 1 - Cape Range subregion). In: Department of Conservation and Land Management A Biodiversity Audit of Western Australia's 53 Biogeographic Subregions in 2002, 69 - 86." url="https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/about/science/projects/waaudit/carnarvon01_p69-86.pdf" year="2002">Kendrick and Mau 2002</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FBCCC0284237E93E2BFFCDA61F647E45" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">At least two different instars were collected. Molting occurs from every month to every other month, the shortest time being three weeks. According to the data, males are present in late October, when it is dry and starting to become warmer. sel_1135 lived for 1.5 years beyond collection, and although it molted eight times, it did not reach adulthood (Suppl. material 2: tables S1, S20). This species was collected under rocks.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A8A38F811DA1056B5B74326CBC869CCA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="F5824451330B311DF86E97DFF5AE3595" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="29BE923EBC4F984E95FCE5A8C1AA3F77" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The bioregion comprises diverse habitats on Quaternary alluvial, aeolian and marine sediments atop Cretaceous strata. The Cape Range is elevated limestone, with rugged topography and karstic features.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2C42021E8273C9B2F2A3895647390F7F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
This species appears to be endemic to the area. It is most morphologically similar to
<taxonomicName id="73B4CD043F61FA7D7F4D6DFE081B38A6" authorityName="Crews &amp; Harvey" authorityYear="2011" class="Arachnida" family="Selenopidae" genus="Karaops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Karaops burbidgei" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burbidgei">
<emphasis id="CAE710F3D78B9B9F036047BC6DE54FE4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Karaops burbidgei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and there were likely connections between the North West Cape Peninsula and Barrow Island to the mainland during times of lower sea level. Molecular data, however, do not indicate that they are each
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closest relatives (Suppl. material 1).
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</subSubSection>
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