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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="6AB1A07AD0E479CC13482D2E7C358AA8" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 191: 1-62" docOrigin="ZooKeys 191" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.191.3070" docTitle="Zephyrarchaea vichickmani Rix & Harvey, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="19" 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="18" 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="152035436" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:ADCE3562-8F83-49BE-BB5F-F794E7FECB41" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6AB1A07AD0E479CC13482D2E7C358AA8" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="19" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:ADCE3562-8F83-49BE-BB5F-F794E7FECB41" authority="Rix & Harvey" class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea vichickmani" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vichickmani">Zephyrarchaea vichickmani Rix & Harvey</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="17" pageNumber="18">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 1A8B9A1626
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="vernacular name">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Central Highlands Assassin Spider</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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Holotype male: Yarra Ranges National Park, Acheron Gap, Victoria, Australia,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-37.676945">37°40'37"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="145.74">145°44'24"E</geoCoordinate>
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, sifting elevated leaf litter under tree ferns,
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothofagus" order="Fagales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Nothofagus</taxonomicName>
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rainforest, 769 m, 29.III.2010, M. Rix (MV K11578).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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Paratypes: Allotype female, same data as holotype (MV K11579); 1 female and 6 juveniles, same data as holotype (WAM T112583DNA: Ar14
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–49-F/Ar14–133-J/Ar14–">-49-F/Ar14-133-J/Ar14-</normalizedToken>
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134-J).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="other material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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AUSTRALIA: Victoria:Yarra Ranges National Park: Acheron Gap, Central Highlands, 6 km NE. of Mount Donna Buang,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-37.67861">37°40'43"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="145.73889">145°44'20"E</geoCoordinate>
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, pitfall trap,
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothofagus cunninghamii" order="Fagales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cunninghamii">Nothofagus cunninghamii</taxonomicName>
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forest, 25.VI.-29.VIII.1996, G. Milledge, 1♀ (MV K5919); same data except 21.II.-23.IV.1996, 1 juvenile (MV K5920).
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of the late Professor Victor Hickman, for his extraordinary contributions to arachnology and in honour of L. S.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Butler’s">Butler's</normalizedToken>
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original (1929) patronym.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea vichickmani" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vichickmani">Zephyrarchaea vichickmani</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from other known congeners except
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea marae" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marae">Zephyrarchaea marae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. by the absence of a proximal tuft or brush on the male chelicerae (Fig. 16C); and from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea marae" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marae">Zephyrarchaea marae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. by the less sinuous shape of conductor sclerite 2 (C2) (Figs 16
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<normalizedToken originalValue="D–E">D-E</normalizedToken>
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) and the more concave anterior margin of the male diastema adjacent to the
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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(Fig. 16B). Females further distinguished from other known congeners except
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea marae" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marae">Zephyrarchaea marae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. by the combination of a spherical abdomen (Fig. 16A), strongly concave post-ocular depression in lateral view (Fig. 9A), and moderately elevated
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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dorsally (post-ocular ratio ≥ 0.25) (Fig. 9A).
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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This species can also be distinguished from other genotyped taxa (see Fig. 3) by the following 16 unique nucleotide substitutions for COI and COII (n = 3): C(24), G(54), G(216), G(309), A(360), A(393), C(702), G(795), T(951), A(976), A(1059), T(1063), A(1200), G(1281), C(1479), T(1596), and can be further distinguished from all other Australian
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<taxonomicName family="Archaeidae" lsidName="" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="family">Archaeidae</taxonomicName>
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except
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea marae" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marae">Zephyrarchaea marae</taxonomicName>
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by the absence of a COII amino acid residue at positions 1441-1443.
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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Holotype male: Total length 2.77; leg I femur 1.80; F1/CL ratio 1.67. Cephalothorax dark reddish-brown; legs tan brown with darker annulations; abdomen mottled grey-brown and beige, with reddish-brown dorsal scute and sclerites (Fig. 16B). Carapace relatively short (CH/CL ratio 1.69); 1.08 long, 1.82 high, 1.01 wide;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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0.59 wide; highest point of pars cephalica (HPC) near posterior third of
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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(ratio of HPC to post-ocular length 0.64), carapace with pronounced concave depression anterior to HPC;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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moderately elevated dorsally (post-ocular ratio 0.28) (Fig. 8B). Chelicerae with short comb of accessory setae on anterior face of paturon (Fig. 16C). Abdomen 1.59 long, 1.10 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 16
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<normalizedToken originalValue="D–F">D-F</normalizedToken>
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) bulbous, almost spherical, with gently curved, tapering embolus supported by conductor sclerites 1-2; tegular sclerite 1 (TS 1) strongly curved, claw-like in prolateral view, with twisted, flattened and rounded apex; TS 2-3 projecting well beyond retro-distal rim of tegulum.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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Allotype female: Total length 3.90; leg I femur 2.08; F1/CL ratio 1.76. Cephalothorax dark reddish-brown; legs tan brown with darker annulations; abdomen mottled grey-brown and beige (Fig. 16A). Carapace relatively short (CH/CL ratio 1.83); 1.18 long, 2.15 high, 1.12 wide;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘neck’">'neck'</normalizedToken>
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0.69 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 0.61), carapace with pronounced concave depression anterior to HPC;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘head’">'head'</normalizedToken>
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moderately elevated dorsally (post-ocular ratio 0.26) (Fig. 9A). Chelicerae without accessory setae on anterior face of paturon. Abdomen 2.51 long, 1.92 wide; spherical in lateral profile, without dorsal hump-like tubercles. Internal genitalia (Fig. 16G) with cluster of ≤ 15 sausage-shaped spermathecae fanning out either side of gonopore, clusters widely separated along midline of genital plate; outermost (posterior) spermatheca on each side stalked, distally spherical.
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Variation: Females (n = 3): total length 3.44-3.90; carapace length 1.14-1.18; carapace height 2.00-2.15; CH/CL ratio 1.75-1.83.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="start">Distribution</pageBreakToken>
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and habitat.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Archaeidae" genus="Zephyrarchaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zephyrarchaea vichickmani" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vichickmani">Zephyrarchaea vichickmani</taxonomicName>
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is known only from temperate
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothofagus" order="Fagales" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Nothofagus</taxonomicName>
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rainforest habitats in the Victorian Central Highlands, north-east of Melbourne (Fig. 26).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">This species has an imperfectly known distribution, and although potentially restricted, the abundance of protected forested habitats near the type locality would suggest that the species is unlikely to be of conservation concern.</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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