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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.191.3070" ID-GBIF-Dataset="e3acf250-1110-4fb0-8736-4433ea8c6a67" ID-PMC="PMC3353492" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-191-1" ID-PubMed="22639534" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2012" ModsDocID="1313-2970-191-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 191" ModsDocTitle="Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia" checkinTime="1451249040581" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Rix, Michael G. & Harvey, Mark S." docDate="2012" docId="3890C13DBB01D3E251D3A654B2DCF1DF" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 191: 1-62" docOrigin="ZooKeys 191" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.191.3070" docTitle="Zephyrarchaea melindae Rix & Harvey, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="15" masterDocId="FFC6FFF5FF81B72CFFEFFF8CFF8B347D" masterDocTitle="Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern Australia" masterLastPageNumber="62" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="15" updateTime="1668153862162" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Australian Assassins, Part II: A review of the new assassin spider genus Zephyrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae) from southern 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>2012</mods:date>
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<mods:number>191</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.191.3070</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-191-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152035438" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E42EAC7F-09B8-4441-85DD-4D84F44D923C" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3890C13DBB01D3E251D3A654B2DCF1DF" lastPageNumber="15" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E42EAC7F-09B8-4441-85DD-4D84F44D923C" authority="Rix & Harvey" class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea melindae" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melindae">Zephyrarchaea melindae Rix & Harvey</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="14" pageNumber="15">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 8E9H1424
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="vernacular name">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Toolbrunup Assassin Spider</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Type material.</paragraph>
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Holotype male: Stirling Range National Park, Mount Hassell, Western Australia, Australia,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-34.378056">34°22'41"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="118.07083">118°04'15"E</geoCoordinate>
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, sifting elevated leaf litter under
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Lepidosperma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lepidosperma" order="Poales" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Lepidosperma</taxonomicName>
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sedges near summit, 726 m, 22.IV.2009, M. Rix (WAM T118986).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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Paratypes: Allotype female and 1 juvenile, Toolbrunup Peak,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-34.383892">34°23'02"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="118.04861">118°02'55"E</geoCoordinate>
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, sifting elevated leaf litter under low herbaceous shrubs near summit, 964 m, 10.IV.2009, M. Rix, H. Wood (WAM T97468DNA: TP-152-F/TP-153-J).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="other material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">AUSTRALIA: Western Australia:Stirling Range National Park: same data as holotype, 2 juveniles (WAM T97467DNA: HA-150-J/HA-151-J).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Dr Melinda Moir, in recognition of her contributions to biodiversity research, especially in the Stirling Range National Park of southern Western Australia.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea melindae" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melindae">Zephyrarchaea melindae</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea janineae" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="janineae">Zephyrarchaea janineae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea mainae" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mainae">Zephyrarchaea mainae</taxonomicName>
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by the absence of dorsal hump-like tubercles on the abdomen (Figs 14
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–B">A-B</normalizedToken>
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); from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea marae" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marae">Zephyrarchaea marae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea marki" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marki">Zephyrarchaea marki</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea porchi" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porchi">Zephyrarchaea porchi</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea vichickmani" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vichickmani">Zephyrarchaea vichickmani</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. by the shape of tegular sclerites 2-3, which do not project beyond the retro-distal rim of the tegulum (Figs 14
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<normalizedToken originalValue="D–E">D-E</normalizedToken>
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); and from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea barrettae" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barrettae">Zephyrarchaea barrettae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. by the shape of the anterior margin of the diastema adjacent to the
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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, which is straight (in females) or only slightly concave in lateral view (in males) (Figs 14
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–B">A-B</normalizedToken>
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cf. Figs 15
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–B">A-B</normalizedToken>
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). Females further distinguished from other known congeners by the combination of a spherical abdomen (Fig. 14A), shallow post-ocular depression in lateral view (Fig. 9H), taller carapace (CH/CL ratio> 1.70) (Figs 7, 14A) and straight, almost vertical anterior margin of the diastema adjacent to the
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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(Fig. 14A).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">This species can also be distinguished from other genotyped taxa (see Fig. 3) by the following three unique nucleotide substitutions for COI and COII (n = 4): G(165), G(924), T(1533).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description.</paragraph>
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Holotype male: Total length 3.15; leg I femur 2.37; F1/CL ratio 2.01. Cephalothorax dark reddish-brown; legs tan brown with darker annulations; abdomen mottled grey-brown and beige, with reddish-brown dorsal scute and sclerites (Fig. 14B). Carapace relatively short (CH/CL ratio 1.77); 1.18 long, 2.09 high, 1.18 wide;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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0.68 wide; highest point of pars cephalica (HPC) approaching posterior third of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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(ratio of HPC to post-ocular length 0.62), carapace with shallow concave depression anterior to HPC;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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not strongly elevated dorsally (post-ocular ratio 0.20) (Fig. 8E). Chelicerae with proximal brush and additional comb of accessory setae on anterior face of paturon (Fig. 14C). Abdomen 1.64 long, 1.23 wide; almost spherical in lateral profile, without dorsal hump-like tubercles; dorsal scute fused anteriorly to epigastric sclerites, extending posteriorly to cover anterior two-thirds of dorsal abdomen. Unexpanded pedipalp (Figs 14
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<normalizedToken originalValue="D–F">D-F</normalizedToken>
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) pyriform, with broad, distally curved embolus supported by conductor sclerites 1-2; tegular sclerite 1 (TS 1) strongly curved, claw-like in prolateral view, with twisted, flattened and broadly rounded apex; TS 2-3 not projecting beyond retro-distal rim of tegulum.
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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Allotype female: Total length 3.54; leg I femur 2.50; F1/CL ratio 1.93. Cephalothorax dark reddish-brown; legs tan brown with darker annulations; abdomen mottled grey-brown and beige (Fig. 14A). Carapace relatively short (CH/CL ratio 1.86); 1.29 long, 2.41 high, 1.28 wide;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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0.78 wide; highest point of pars cephalica (HPC) approaching middle of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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(ratio of HPC to post-ocular length 0.57), carapace with shallow concave depression anterior to HPC;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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not strongly elevated dorsally (post-ocular ratio 0.19) (Fig. 9H). Chelicerae without accessory setae on anterior face of paturon. Abdomen 1.95 long, 1.51 wide; spherical in lateral profile, without dorsal hump-like tubercles. Internal genitalia (Fig. 14G) with cluster of ≤ 15 sausage-shaped spermathecae either side of gonopore, clusters widely separated along midline of genital plate.
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea melindae" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melindae">Zephyrarchaea melindae</taxonomicName>
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is known only from the summits of Toolbrunup Peak and nearby Mount Hassell, in the western Stirling Range National Park of southern Western Australia (west of Chester Pass) (Fig. 24). Specimens have been collected by beating and sifting sedges (
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Lepidosperma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lepidosperma" order="Poales" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Lepidosperma</taxonomicName>
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sp.) and low shrubs in montane heathland habitats.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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This species is a short-range endemic taxon (
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<bibRefCitation author="Harvey, MS" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="555 - 570" title="Short-range endemism among the Australian fauna: some examples from non-marine environments." url="10.1071/IS02009" volume="16" year="2002 b">Harvey 2002b</bibRefCitation>
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), with a maximum total range of less than 10 km2, and all known populations in the western Stirling Range National Park potentially threatened by fire, dieback disease (affecting montane vegetation) and climate change.
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