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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Hortophora gen. nov. species, second legs of male, prolateral view. A. H. biapicata comb. nov., right leg (HBI N 18501 - 1); B. H. cucullus sp. nov., right leg (SAM NN 19582); C. H. lodicula comb. nov., left leg (QM S 116469); D. H. megacantha sp. nov., left leg (QM S 116493); E. H. porongurup sp. nov., left leg (WAM T 75419); F. H. tatianeae sp. nov., left leg (MV K- 14612); G. H. transmarina comb. nov., right leg (QM S 20307); H. H. urbana comb. nov., left leg (QM S 111900); I. H. walesiana comb. nov., left leg (WAM T 75383); J. H. yesabah sp. nov., left leg (QM S 111896). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-C, E, F, H-J); 1 mm (D); 5 mm (G)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606182" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Figs 2J</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Hortophora biapicata comb. nov., scanning electron micrographs (SEMs) of right male pedipalp (NHMD, from Two Roads, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, Western Australia). A. whole pedipalp, retrolateral view; B. conductor lobe, retrolateral view; C. basal part of pedipalp, retrolateral view; D. close-up of conductor, embolus and tip of terminal apophysis, retrolateral view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606185" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">, 30</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">, 31</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 32" captionStartId="F32" captionText="Figure 32. Distribution records of Hortophora walesiana comb. nov. in Australia." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606212" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">, 32</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira walesiana" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="walesiana" status="comb. nov.">Epeira walesiana</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Karsch, F" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" refId="B20" refString="Karsch, F, 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift fuer die gesamten Naturwissenschaften 51: 322-333, 782-826." title="Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift fuer die gesamten Naturwissenschaften 51: 322 - 333, 782 - 826." year="1878">Karsch 1878</bibRefCitation>
: 805-806.
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<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira rhombocephala" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhombocephala" status="comb. nov.">Epeira rhombocephala</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Thorell, T" journalOrPublisher="Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="1 - 727" refId="B46" refString="Thorell, T, 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro-Malesia e del Capo York, conservati ne Museo Civico di Storia Naturale die Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1 - 727" title="Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro-Malesia e del Capo York, conservati ne Museo Civico di Storia Naturale die Genova." volume="17" year="1881">Thorell 1881</bibRefCitation>
: 98-101.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">New synonymy</emphasis>
.
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(Thorell).-
<bibRefCitation author="Simon, E" journalOrPublisher="Cladistics" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" refId="B43" refString="Simon, E, 1895. Histoire Naturelle des Araignees. Deuxieme edition. Tome premier. Fascicule 4. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris." title="Histoire Naturelle des Araignees. Deuxieme edition. Tome premier. Fascicule 4. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris." year="1895">Simon 1895</bibRefCitation>
: 780.
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<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira lutulenta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutulenta" status="comb. nov.">Epeira lutulenta</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Keyserling, E" journalOrPublisher="Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koeniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" refId="B22" refString="Keyserling, E, 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. 2. Theil. 2. Lieferung. Bauer &amp; Raspe, Nuernberg, pg. 87-152, pl. 7-12." title="Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. 2. Theil. 2. Lieferung. Bauer &amp; Raspe, Nuernberg, pg. 87 - 152, pl. 7 - 12." year="1886">Keyserling 1886</bibRefCitation>
: 143-144, plate 11, figs 6, 6a.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">New synonymy</emphasis>
.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Holotype</emphasis>
of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Epeira walesiana</emphasis>
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Karsch, 1878: Male, New South Wales (no exact locality), Daemel (ZMB 1429). Examined.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Holotype</emphasis>
of
<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira rhombocephala" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhombocephala">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Epeira rhombocephala</emphasis>
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Thorell, 1881: Male, Somerset, Cape York (
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,
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, Queensland, Australia) 1875, L.
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(MSNG). Photographs examined.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Holotype</emphasis>
of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Epeira lutulenta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Keyserling, 1886: Female, Peak Downs (
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,
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, Queensland, Australia) (ZMH,
<bibRefCitation author="Rack, G" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen des Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museums und Instituts" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" pagination="1 - 60" refId="B36" refString="Rack, G, 1961. Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. II. Teil. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen des Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museums und Instituts 59: 1 - 60" title="Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. II. Teil. Chelicerata II: Araneae." volume="59" year="1961">Rack (1961)</bibRefCitation>
-catalogue no. 249). Examined.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Other material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">See Appendix 1.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. are most similar to those of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. lodicula</emphasis>
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comb. nov. due to the comparatively short median apophysis of the pedipalp that terminates in an apically pointing lobe. (Fig.
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vs 30C). However, the terminal apophysis of
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comb. nov. is large and bubble-shaped, but inconspicuous in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. lodicula</emphasis>
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comb. nov. The strong, curved lateral borders of the epigyne of female of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. walesiana</emphasis>
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comb. nov. (Fig.
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) are somewhat similar to those of
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comb. nov. (Fig.
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), but overall much slimmer and therefore the atrium much larger.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Male</emphasis>
(WAM T75383): Total length 5.9. Carapace 3.3 long, 2.9 wide, dark-brown, cephalic area slightly lighter and with white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30A</figureCitation>
). Eye diameter AME 0.23, ALE 0.18, PME 0.16, PLE 0.16; row of eyes: AME 0.72, PME 0.54, PLE 1.62. Chelicerae dark-brown; four promarginal teeth (apical group of three, median largest) and one retromarginal tooth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30B</figureCitation>
). Legs brown with beige annulations, femora basally beige (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30A, B</figureCitation>
). Tibiae of leg II with thickened setae but without a megaspur (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Hortophora gen. nov. species, second legs of male, prolateral view. A. H. biapicata comb. nov., right leg (HBI N 18501 - 1); B. H. cucullus sp. nov., right leg (SAM NN 19582); C. H. lodicula comb. nov., left leg (QM S 116469); D. H. megacantha sp. nov., left leg (QM S 116493); E. H. porongurup sp. nov., left leg (WAM T 75419); F. H. tatianeae sp. nov., left leg (MV K- 14612); G. H. transmarina comb. nov., right leg (QM S 20307); H. H. urbana comb. nov., left leg (QM S 111900); I. H. walesiana comb. nov., left leg (WAM T 75383); J. H. yesabah sp. nov., left leg (QM S 111896). Scale bars: 2 mm (A-C, E, F, H-J); 1 mm (D); 5 mm (G)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606182" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">2I</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30A</figureCitation>
). Leg formula I&gt; IV&gt; II&gt; III; length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 3.3 + 1.7 + 2.5 + 2.3 + 0.9 = 10.7, II - 2.9 + 1.3 + 2.1 + 0.9 + 0.9 = 8.1, III - 2.0 + 1.0 + 1.3 + 1.0 + 0.7 = 6.0, IV - 2.9 + 1.1 + 2.3 + 2.0 + 0.9 = 9.2. Labium 0.41 long, 0.59 wide, brown; endites brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30B</figureCitation>
). Sternum 1.6 long, 1.1 wide, brown, irregularly lighter centrally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen 2.9 long, 2.7 wide, dorsum with distinct humeral humps, dark olive-grey with dark folium pattern and light lines and spots (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30A</figureCitation>
); venter dark olive-brown, some lighter discolourations (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30B</figureCitation>
). Pedipalp length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + cymbium = total length): 0.5 + 0.4 + 0.3 + 1.00 = 2.2; paracymbium short, ending in a hook-like rounded tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30D</figureCitation>
); median apophysis transverse, terminating in an apically bent lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30C, D</figureCitation>
); conductor lobe of standard size (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30C</figureCitation>
); terminal apophysis, bubble-shaped and directed basally, terminating in a slightly cured spine (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30C</figureCitation>
); conductor heavily sclerotized; embolus heavily sclerotised, thick and short (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., male (QM S 111900). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus; C. right pedipalp, ventral view; D. right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">30C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606210" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" start="Figure 30" startId="F30">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Figure 30.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Karsch" baseAuthorityYear="1878" family="Araneidae" genus="Hortophora" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hortophora walesiana" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="walesiana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Hortophora walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov., male (QM S111900).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">A.</emphasis>
dorsal habitus;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">B.</emphasis>
ventral habitus;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">C.</emphasis>
right pedipalp, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">D.</emphasis>
right pedipalp, dorsalview. Scale bars: 2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">C, D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Female</emphasis>
(WAM T88936): Total length 8.40. Carapace 3.10 long, 2.90 wide; light brown, flanks dark brown, covered with white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">31A</figureCitation>
). Eye diameter AME 0.23, ALE 0.13, PME 0.18, PLE 0.13; row of eyes: AME 0.67, PME 0.47, PLE 1.92. Chelicerae yellow-brown; four promarginal teeth (apical and third largest) and three retromarginal teeth (basal largest). Legs yellow-brown, mottled with brown spots (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">31A, B</figureCitation>
). Pedipalp length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + tarsus = total length): 1.0 + 0.5 + 0.6 + - + 1.1 = 3.2. Leg formula I&gt; IV = II&gt; III; and length of segments: I - 3.0 + 1.6 + 2.3 + 2.0 + 1.0 = 9.9, II - 2.5 + 0.9 + 2.1 + 1.9 + 1.0 = 8.4, III - 2.0 + 0.8 + 1.3 + 1.2 + 0.8 = 6.1, IV - 2.7 + 0.9 + 2.1 + 1.8 + 0.9 = 8.4. Labium 0.58 large, 0.77 wide, orange-brown; endites orange-brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">31B</figureCitation>
). Sternum 1.6 long, 1.3 wide, yellow-brown, lighter centrally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">31B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen 6.0 long, 6.0 wide, dorsum with distinct humeral humps, beige with indistinct folium pattern and mottled with small brown spots (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">31A</figureCitation>
); venter light olive-brown and covered by guanine crystals (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">31B</figureCitation>
). Epigyne (HBI N25742-6) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Hortophora walesiana comb. nov., female. A. dorsal habitus (WAM T 88936); B. ventral habitus (WAM T 88936); C. epigyne, ventral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); D. epigyne, lateral view (HBI N 25742 - 6); E. epigyne, posterior view (HBI N 25742 - 6). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-E)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606211" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">31C-E</figureCitation>
) with large atrium and thick borders; scape shorter than epigyne long with few setae.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Figure 31.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Karsch" baseAuthorityYear="1878" family="Araneidae" genus="Hortophora" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hortophora walesiana" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="walesiana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Hortophora walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov., female.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">A.</emphasis>
dorsal habitus (WAM T88936);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">B.</emphasis>
ventral habitus (WAM T88936);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">C.</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view (HBI N25742-6);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">D.</emphasis>
epigyne, lateral view (HBI N25742-6);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">E.</emphasis>
epigyne, posterior view (HBI N25742-6). Scale bars: 5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">C-E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="275" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
Size variation: total length males 5.2-6.4 (n=15), females 8.2-10.1 (n=6). We did not observe any scape break-off in
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="H." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. walesiana" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="species" species="walesiana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. Colour variations are as reported for other
<taxonomicName authorityName="Framenau &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" family="Araneidae" genus="Hortophora" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hortophora" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Hortophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. nov. species, from fairly dark (as in the male described here) to the light colouration of the female illustrated, but the folium pattern is generally fairly indistinct.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="275" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
Somatic and genitalic characters, specifically male pedipalp morphology of the holotype of
<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira rhombocephala" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhombocephala">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Epeira rhombocephala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Thorell, 1881 match
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. as diagnosed here.
<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira rhombocephala" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhombocephala">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Epeira rhombocephala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is therefore proposed as junior synonym of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. Similarly the female holotype of
<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira lutulenta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutulenta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Epeira lutulenta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Keyserling, 1886 matches in somatic and genitalic morphology those belonging to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. and therefore
<taxonomicName authority="Walckenaer, 1805" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Framenau &amp; Baptista &amp; Oliveira &amp; Castanheira" baseAuthorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Epeira" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeira lutulenta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutulenta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Epeira lutulenta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is proposed as junior synonym of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">H. walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="275" type="life history and habitat preferences">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Life history and habitat preferences.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
Mature males have been found in January and February, with a single record from June. Mature females have been found from January to April, with a single record in August.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Hortophora walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. therefore appears to be most active in the late dry season, considering that the species is limited to the northern half of the country.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="275" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Hortophora walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. has been found mainly towards the coastal areas in the northern half of Australia, north of ca. 27°S Latitude in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 32" captionStartId="F32" captionText="Figure 32. Distribution records of Hortophora walesiana comb. nov. in Australia." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606212" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">32</figureCitation>
). The holotype was collected at an unspecified location in New South Wales (
<bibRefCitation author="Karsch, F" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" refId="B20" refString="Karsch, F, 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift fuer die gesamten Naturwissenschaften 51: 322-333, 782-826." title="Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift fuer die gesamten Naturwissenschaften 51: 322 - 333, 782 - 826." year="1878">Karsch 1878</bibRefCitation>
) and it can be assumed that the type locality, if not erroneously reported, was in the north-eastern part of that state.
</paragraph>
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/606212" pageId="0" pageNumber="275" start="Figure 32" startId="F32">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="275">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Figure 32.</emphasis>
Distribution records of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="275">Hortophora walesiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comb. nov. in Australia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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