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<mods:title>Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Framenau, Volker W.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Vink, Cor J.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Scharff, Nikolaj</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Baptista, Renner L. C.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Castanheira, Pedro de S.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/2181EC8F-7BE5-4ECD-92EC-9FB21DD4B177" authority="Framenau &amp; Vink &amp; Scharff &amp; Baptista &amp; Castanheira, 2021" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Vink &amp; Scharff &amp; Baptista &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Novakiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Novakiella boletus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="393" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boletus" status="sp. nov.">Novakiella boletus</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Figs 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867), expanded left pedipalp. mesal view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570635" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Distribution records of Novakiella trituberculosa (green circles) and Novakiella boletus sp. nov. (red stars) in Australia." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570637" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">, 7</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
Holotype male from Maits Rest, 10 km W of Apollo Bay, Otway Ranges, Victoria, AUSTRALIA,
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,
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, 16.iii.1992, G. Milledge leg. (MV K9867).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
<collectingCountry name="Australia">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
:
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</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Coolah Tops National Park</collectingMunicipality>
, off
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,
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,
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, beating,
<collectingDate value="2010-04-12" valueMax="2010-04-13" valueMin="2010-04-12">12-13.iv.2010</collectingDate>
,
<collectorName>M. G. Rix</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName>D. Harms</collectorName>
leg. (WAM T102788)
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
<collectingRegion country="Australia" name="South Australia">South Australia</collectingRegion>
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:
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,
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camping area,
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,
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="136" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="136.9">136°54'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<collectingDate value="1987-11-09">09.xi.1987</collectingDate>
,
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leg. (SAM)
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;
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<specimenCount type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
<collectingDate value="1990-03-20" valueMax="1990-03-27" valueMin="1990-03-20">20-27.iii.1990</collectingDate>
,
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leg. (SAM)
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.
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<collectingRegion country="Australia" name="Tasmania">Tasmania</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
:
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,
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,
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West,
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="146" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="146.26666">146°16'E</geoCoordinate>
,
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,
<collectorName>A. Neboiss</collectorName>
leg. (MV K9862)
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;
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<specimenCount type="female">3 females</specimenCount>
,
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SE of
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="41" direction="south" minutes="02" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="50.6" value="-41.04739">41°02'50.6&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
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,
<collectingDate value="2021-05">May 2021</collectingDate>
, vehicle vibration (QVM:2021:13:0514-5, 2021:13:0517) (examination by image)
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
<collectingRegion country="Australia" name="Victoria">Victoria</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
:
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,
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,
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,
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(MV K9864)
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
The specific epithet is a Latin noun in apposition -
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Novakiella boletus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- meaning mushroom and it refers to the distinctly mushroom-shaped conductor lobe that is reminiscent of a chanterelle (
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Fungiidae" genus="Cantharellus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cantharellus" order="Scleractinia" pageId="0" pageNumber="393" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Cantharellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. boletus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="N." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. trituberculosa" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="393" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trituberculosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. trituberculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the weaker apico-prolateral spur on the tibia of leg II (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Novakiella trituberculosa, male (WAM T 73571). A. Dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. Left pedipalp, mesal view; D. Left pedipalp, ventral view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 1 mm; C, D, 0.5 mm; E, 1.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570631" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">1E</figureCitation>
vs Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867), expanded left pedipalp. mesal view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570635" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">5C</figureCitation>
) and the morphology of key pedipalp sclerites, specifically the mushroom-shaped conductor lobe (two-lobed in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="N." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. trituberculosa" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="393" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trituberculosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. trituberculosa</emphasis>
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) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Novakiella trituberculosa, male (WAM T 73571). A. Dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. Left pedipalp, mesal view; D. Left pedipalp, ventral view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 1 mm; C, D, 0.5 mm; E, 1.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570631" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">1C</figureCitation>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">vs</emphasis>
Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867), expanded left pedipalp. mesal view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570635" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">5F</figureCitation>
). Females of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" genus="N." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. boletus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="393" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boletus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. boletus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. differ from those of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. trituberculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by details in the epigyne plate, specifically its transverse wrinkles that are more pronounced and mainly limited to the lateral margins in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. trituberculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Novakiella trituberculosa, female (WAM T 73556). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Cleared epigyne, ventral view; E. Cleared epigyne, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; S, scape; Sp, spermatheca. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C-E, 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570633" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">3C</figureCitation>
vs Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6C</figureCitation>
).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="393" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Male</emphasis>
(based on holotype, MV K9867): Total length: 6.44. Carapace (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4A</figureCitation>
) 2.41 long, 2.08 wide, reddish-brown with black lateral margins, and yellowish setae mainly on the subquadrate cephalic area, fovea longer than wide, covered by a long black spot. Eyes ringed in black, lateral ones located on small tubercles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4A</figureCitation>
). AME 0.22, ALE 0.10, PME 0.16, PLE 0.13; row of eyes: AME 0.58, PME 0.36, PLE 0.85. Chelicerae with paturon dark brown and fangs reddish brown; four promarginal teeth with the apical and third largest, three retromarginal teeth of equal size (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4B</figureCitation>
). Legs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4A, B</figureCitation>
) yellowish-brown, mottled with chestnut brown spots; tibia of leg II with spur represented by a small apico-prolateral bulge that carries a strong macroseta; femur IV darker than other legs; leg formula IV&gt; I&gt; II&gt; III; length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 4.16 + 1.56 + 3.70 + 3.25 + 1.17 = 13.84, II - 3.38 + 1.36 + 2.92 + 0.90 + 1.11 = 9.67, III - 2.34 + 0.78 + 1.36 + 1.30 + 0.78 = 6.56, IV - 3.51 +0.97 + 2.40 + 2.21 + 0.91 = 9.94. Labium wider than long, subtriangular and brown, with beige apical portion (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4B</figureCitation>
); endites rounded, light brown with beige edges (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4B</figureCitation>
). Sternum a little longer than wide, reddish brown, with thick darker and wavy contour and yellowish centrally placed guanine patch (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4A, B</figureCitation>
) 3.58 long, 2.34 wide; subtriangular, longer than wide, humeral humps conspicuous and posterior end reaching over spinnerets; dorsum yellowish-brown, with diamond-shaped patch with dark contour and a black longitudinal median line from pedicel towards posterior end, meagerly covered with long brown setae; sides beige with sparse black lines and yellow setae; venter beige irregularly covered with black spots. Pedipalps (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Left tibia, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, mesal view; E. Left pedipalp, ventral view, F. left pedipalp, apical view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; P, paracymbium; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm; C, 1 mm; D-F, 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570634" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">4D-F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867), expanded left pedipalp. mesal view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570635" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">5</figureCitation>
) length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + cymbium = total length): 0.78 + 0.32 + 0.26 + 1.04 = 2.40; radix thick; conductor lobe mushroom-shaped, with a projected base ending in a rounded tip and a large apical lamellar portion, which is concave at its middle portion, expanded into a wide rounded mesal projection and with its ectal border bearing a dense and dark field of scale-like structures; terminal apophysis apically projected, and longer than wide, slightly twisted and tapering to its tip; conductor rectangular and projected from behind embolus into a flat tip; embolus very thick and long, ending in a very sclerotised distally curved tip; median apophysis stout, with a smaller basal portion and a strong median curvature, ending in a long and flattened basally pointing acute projection.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Female</emphasis>
(SAM; from Kelly Hill Caves camping area, Kangaroo Island): Total length 8.5. Carapace (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6A</figureCitation>
) 3.7 long, 2.9 wide, as in male but with larger anterior portion. Eyes, chelicerae, legs, labium, endites and sternum generally as in male (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6A, B</figureCitation>
). Eye measurements: AME 0.2, ALE 0.11, PME 0.14, PLE 0.15; row of eyes: AME 0.68, PME 49, PLE 1.46. Pedipalp length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + cymbium = total length): 1.14 + 0.50 + 0.49 + 1.18 = 3.31. Leg formula IV&gt; I&gt; II&gt; III; and length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 4.00 + 1.62 + 3.20 + 3.00 + 1.02 = 12.84, II - 3.75 + 1.60 + 2.89 + 0.96 + 0.99 = 10.19, III - 2.40 + 0.91 + 1.44 + 1.45 + 0.86 = 7.06, IV - 4.12 + 1.40 + 2.58 + 2.53 + 1.05 = 11.68. Abdomen (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6A, B</figureCitation>
) 4.5 long, 4.5 wide, with a more pronounced subtriangular shape than the male, dorsum with colour similar to male, except for the lighter folium and absent median line; venter as in male. Epigyne (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6C</figureCitation>
) plate trapezoidal with a rectangular anterior portion, crossed by long transverse wrinkles; scape broken off, but with a wide rectangular torn basis (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6C</figureCitation>
). Spermatheca was not dissected to preserve the only available female specimen.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="393" type="habitat">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Habitat preferences and life history.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
Mature males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. boletus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. were collected between February and April, females were found in May and November. Habitat descriptions include
<taxonomicName class="Rosopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothofagus cunninghamii" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="393" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="cunninghamii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Nothofagus cunninghamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Myrtle Beech) forest,
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eucalyptus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucalyptus amygdalina" order="Myrtiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="393" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="amygdalina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Eucalyptus amygdalina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
coastal forest, and &quot;eucalypt forest with tree fern gully&quot;, suggesting this species occurs predominantly in temperate forests and rainforests.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="393" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
Males and female
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">N. boletus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. have not been found together, but somatic features such as size range, carapace (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867), expanded left pedipalp. mesal view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570635" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">5A</figureCitation>
vs Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6A</figureCitation>
), sternum (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867), expanded left pedipalp. mesal view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570635" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">5B</figureCitation>
vs Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6B</figureCitation>
) and leg (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., male holotype (MV K 9867), expanded left pedipalp. mesal view. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CL, conductor lobe; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; Ra, radix; TA, terminal apophysis. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570635" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">5A</figureCitation>
vs Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Novakiella boletus sp. nov., female (SAM). A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral habitus; C. Epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: CO, copulatory openings; L, lips; S, scape. Scale bars: A, B, 2 mm, C, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570636" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">6A</figureCitation>
) colouration match well and they are currently assumed to be the same species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="393" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="393">
This new species is only known from Australia, specifically New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Distribution records of Novakiella trituberculosa (green circles) and Novakiella boletus sp. nov. (red stars) in Australia." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.97.67788.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/570637" pageId="0" pageNumber="393">7</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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