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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.123.1448" ID-GBIF-Dataset="f1dbd205-6f2f-4feb-867e-d52041258d12" ID-PMC="PMC3175121" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-123-1" ID-PubMed="21998529" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2011" ModsDocID="1313-2970-123-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 123" ModsDocTitle="Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia" checkinTime="1451249962699" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Rix, Michael G. & Harvey, Mark S." docDate="2011" docId="E70432726607A728019ADA2475A54D0A" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 123: 1-100" docOrigin="ZooKeys 123" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.123.1448" docTitle="Austrarchaea christopheri Dorrigo Assassin Spider Rix & Harvey, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="28" masterDocId="A428FFEAFD3A7353FFACFFBCFFFA6D47" masterDocTitle="Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia" masterLastPageNumber="100" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="27" updateTime="1668152002706" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Australian Assassins, Part I: A review of the Assassin Spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of mid-eastern Australia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Rix, Michael G.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Harvey, Mark S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2011</mods:date>
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<mods:number>123</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.123.1448</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.123.1448</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-123-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152030490" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EF9D764D-FA0B-4473-BBD3-B31D30AF251D" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E70432726607A728019ADA2475A54D0A" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EF9D764D-FA0B-4473-BBD3-B31D30AF251D" authority="Rix & Harvey" class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Austrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austrarchaea christopheri" name="Dorrigo Assassin Spider" order="Araneae" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="vernacular name" species="christopheri" vernacular="vernacular">Austrarchaea christopheri Dorrigo Assassin Spider Rix & Harvey</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="26" pageNumber="27">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 9B2038
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<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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Holotype male: Dorrigo National Park, Rosewood Creek Circuit track from The Never Never Picnic Area, New South Wales, Australia,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-30.361668">30°21'42"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="152.79861">152°47'55"E</geoCoordinate>
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, sifting elevated leaf litter, subtropical rainforest, 1092 m, 17.IV.2010, M. Rix, D. Harms (AMS KS114968DNA: Ar49-95-M).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Paratypes: 2 males and 4 juveniles, same data as holotype (WAM T112554DNA: Ar49-96-J/Ar49-97-J).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="other material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Dorrigo National Park: The Never Never, III.-12.XI.1980, G. Monteith, 1♂ (QMB S30806). Cascades National Park: off Briggsvale Road, N. of Megan,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-30.253056">30°15'11"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="152.78111">152°46'52"E</geoCoordinate>
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, sifting elevated leaf litter, subtropical rainforest, 848 m, 17.IV.2010, M. Rix, D. Harms, 3 juveniles (WAM T112553DNA: Ar50-98-J/Ar50-99-J/Ar50-100-J). New England National Park: "Oakes State Forest", Horseshoe Road, ~1.2 km S. of Killiekrankie Mountain,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-30.552776">30°33'10"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="152.5375">152°32'15"E</geoCoordinate>
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, pitfall trap, 11-24.XI.1999, M. Gray, G. Milledge, H. Smith, 1♂ (AMS KS61544).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Christopher Rix, for his close association with the Dorrigo region, and for his great achievements, both personal and professional.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Austrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austrarchaea christopheri" order="Araneae" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="christopheri">Austrarchaea christopheri</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from all other
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<taxonomicName family="Archaeidae" lsidName="" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" rank="family">Archaeidae</taxonomicName>
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from mid-eastern Australia by the very long, uniquely rod-like tegular sclerite 1 (TS 1) (Figs 20D-E).
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">This species can also be distinguished from other genotyped taxa from mid-eastern Australia (see Fig. 3B) by the following four unique nucleotide substitutions for COI and COII (n = 6): A(63), C(801), A(1070), G(1332).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Description.</paragraph>
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Holotype male: Total length 3.17; leg I femur 2.96; F1/CL ratio 2.57. Cephalothorax dark reddish-brown; legs tan-brown with darker annulations; abdomen mottled grey-brown and beige, with darker reddish-brown dorsal scute and sclerites (Fig. 20A). Carapace tall (CH/CL ratio 2.10); 1.15 long, 2.42 high, 1.08 wide;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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0.54 wide; bearing two pairs of rudimentary horns; highest point of pars cephalica (HPC) near posterior margin of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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(ratio of HPC to post-ocular length 0.86), carapace gently sloping and almost horizontal anterior to HPC;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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moderately elevated postero-dorsally (post-ocular ratio 0.33) (Fig. 9B). Chelicerae with brush of accessory setae on anterior face of paturon (Fig. 20B). Abdomen 1.64 long, 1.17 wide; with three pairs of dorsal hump-like tubercles (HT 1-6); dorsal scute fused anteriorly to epigastric sclerites, extending posteriorly to first pair of hump-like tubercles; HT 3-6 each covered by separate dorsal sclerites. Unexpanded pedipalp (Figs 20C-E) with thin, broadly-tapered foliate conductor; tegular sclerite 1 (TS 1) very long, rod-like, reaching to near distal tip of conductor, visible in retrolateral view; TS 2 spur-like, shorter
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<pageBreakToken pageId="27" pageNumber="28" start="start">than</pageBreakToken>
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TS 1; TS 2a sinuous, filiform, exposed distally; TS 3 embedded proximally within distal haematodocha, with prominent, pointed apex projecting beyond retro-distal rim of tegulum.
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Female: Unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Variation: Males (n=5): total length 2.72-3.23; carapace length 1.09-1.15; carapace height 2.31-2.46; CH/CL ratio 2.07-2.18.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Austrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austrarchaea christopheri" order="Araneae" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="christopheri">Austrarchaea christopheri</taxonomicName>
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is known from rainforest habitats throughout the Dorrigo and New England hinterland of north-eastern New South Wales (west and south-west of Coffs Harbour), in the Dorrigo, Cascades and New England National Parks (Fig. 38).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="28">This species has a relatively widespread distribution in several National Parks protected under World Heritage legislation, and is not considered to be of conservation concern.</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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