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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Type-species.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Epeira albida</emphasis>
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L. Koch, 1871, designated here.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">The genus-group name is derived from the general habitat preferences of the two species, which are often found in coastal mangroves and woodlands. The gender is feminine.</paragraph>
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Within an Australian context,
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gen. nov. males have only a single patellar spine on the pedipalp, a character considered a putative synapomorphy of the backobourkiines. However,
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gen nov. differ considerably from members of the backobourkiines by somatic and genital morphology. Both species in the genus display eSSD with females about 3-5 times larger than males, but eSSD is absent in the backobourkiines (with the exception of
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and species in the
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-group (sensu
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)). The median apophysis in backobourkiines is elongate transverse with the base forming an arch over the radix, but it is short with an apical, spine-like projection in
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gen. nov. The female epigyne in
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gen. nov. has a terminal pocket, absent in all backobourkiines.
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gen. nov. differs from the members of the zealaraneines as currently known (see Introduction section) by its eSSD, absent in any known zealaraneines, and the presence of only one patellar spine on the male pedipalp, whereas there are always two in zealaraneines (
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). The median apophysis of zealaraneines is elongate transverse, with a variable number of spine-like protrusions, but much shorter and only with a single spine-like protrusion in
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gen. nov.
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Outside the backobourkiines and zealaraneines,
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gen. nov. appears most similar to species of
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Berman, JD" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" pagination="465 - 500" refId="B1" refString="Berman, JD, Levi, HW, 1971. The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141: 465 - 500" title="The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae)." volume="141" year="1971">Berman and Levi 1971</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Grasshoff, M" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" pagination="1 - 123" refId="B10" refString="Grasshoff, M, 1986. Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika. Annales de la Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale 250: 1 - 123" title="Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika." volume="250" year="1986">Grasshoff 1986</bibRefCitation>
;
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), in particular with respect to the male genitalia. However, eSSD is absent in any known
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Neoscona</emphasis>
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species and males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Neoscona</emphasis>
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have distinctly enlarged tibiae on the second leg with numerous and strong spines, often in diagnostic arrangement.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Mangrovia</emphasis>
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gen. nov. males do not have enlarged tibiae II. In contrast to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Mangrovia</emphasis>
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gen. nov., males in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Neoscona</emphasis>
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have two patellar spines on the pedipalp, not one, and the embolus of
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gen. nov. has a subterminal side branch (e.g. Fig.
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), not present in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Neoscona</emphasis>
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. An embolus lamella is absent in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Mangrovia</emphasis>
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gen. nov. males, but present in
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(e.g.
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; fig. 6).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Description.</paragraph>
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Small to medium-sized orb-weaving spiders with eSSD (TL males ca. 2.5-3 mm, females ca. 8-10 mm). Carapace (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., female (AM KS. 98754). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Epigyne, lateral view; E. Epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680582" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">3A</figureCitation>
,
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,
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) rounded pear-shaped, longer than wide; colouration variable from light brown to reddish-brown with dusky edges on males. Eyes: AME largest, row of PE slightly recurved, lateral eyes almost touching, PLE separated from PME by approximately their diameter in males and by more than their diameter in females. Chelicerae paturon and fangs yellowish- to reddish-brown. Females with four promarginal teeth and three retromarginal teeth, males with three promarginal teeth and two retromarginal teeth. Labium wider than long, subtriangular, with front end bulging and white. Endites elongate-rounded, beige to light brown with antero-mesal corner shiny and white. Sternum heart-shaped, slightly longer than wide, with dark edges (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., female (AM KS. 98754). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Epigyne, lateral view; E. Epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680582" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">3B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., male (WAM T 77397). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Right pedipalp, ventral view; D. Right pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680585" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">6B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., female (WAM T 75326). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Epigyne, lateral view; E. Epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680587" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">8B</figureCitation>
). Legs: leg formula I&gt; II&gt; IV&gt; III (males) or I&gt; IV&gt; II&gt; III (females). Abdomen about as long as wide, dorsum with dark folium pattern in males, varying from uniformly grey to beige with anterior black area on females; venter black with a pair of white guanine spots. Genitalia: male pedipalp patella with a single strong spine (e.g. Fig.
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); paracymbium poorly developed (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., expanded male left pedipalp (QM S 67277). A. Apico-ventral view; B. Mesal view; C. Retrolateral view; D. Dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680581" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">2C</figureCitation>
); radix elongate (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., expanded right left pedipalp (WAM T 77397). A. Apico-dorsal view; B. Mesal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680586" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">7A</figureCitation>
); no obvious stipes, possibly fused with radix (see Discussion); median apophysis oval, bearing a heavily sclerotized and acute apical process (Figs
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,
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,
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); conductor conspicuous, robust, basally sclerotised but apically fleshy (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., expanded male left pedipalp (QM S 67277). A. Apico-ventral view; B. Mesal view; C. Retrolateral view; D. Dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680581" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">2C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., male (WAM T 77397). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Right pedipalp, ventral view; D. Right pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680585" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">6A</figureCitation>
); terminal apophysis well-developed, somewhat spoon-shaped, not sclerotised (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., expanded male left pedipalp (QM S 67277). A. Apico-ventral view; B. Mesal view; C. Retrolateral view; D. Dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680581" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">2A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., expanded right left pedipalp (WAM T 77397). A. Apico-dorsal view; B. Mesal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680586" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">7A, B</figureCitation>
); subterminal apophysis elongate and thin (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., male (QM S 67277). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Left pedipalp, ventral view; D. Left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680580" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">1D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., expanded male left pedipalp (QM S 67277). A. Apico-ventral view; B. Mesal view; C. Retrolateral view; D. Dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680581" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">2A, C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., male (WAM T 77397). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Right pedipalp, ventral view; D. Right pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680585" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">6D</figureCitation>
); embolus heavily sclerotized, basally inflated, then straight, thin and elongated, with subterminal short branch (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., expanded male left pedipalp (QM S 67277). A. Apico-ventral view; B. Mesal view; C. Retrolateral view; D. Dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680581" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">2B, C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Mangrovia albida comb. nov. (AM KS. 98754) and M. occidentalis sp. nov. (WAM T 75326), cleared female epigynes, posterior view. A. Mangrovia albida comb. nov.; B. M. occidentalis sp. nov. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680583" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">4C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., expanded right left pedipalp (WAM T 77397). A. Apico-dorsal view; B. Mesal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680586" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">7A</figureCitation>
). Epigyne base plate wider than long; scape elongate and reaching posteriorly beyond the base plate and bearing a terminal pocket; atrium rounded and very conspicuous, located almost on the border of genital area (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Mangrovia albida comb. nov., female (AM KS. 98754). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Epigyne, lateral view; E. Epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680582" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">3C-E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov., female (WAM T 75326). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, ventral view; C. Epigyne, ventral view; D. Epigyne, lateral view; E. Epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680587" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">8C-E</figureCitation>
); spermathecae ovoid, separated by less than their diameter; fertilisation duct basally convoluted and attaching posteriorly to spermathecae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Mangrovia albida comb. nov. (AM KS. 98754) and M. occidentalis sp. nov. (WAM T 75326), cleared female epigynes, posterior view. A. Mangrovia albida comb. nov.; B. M. occidentalis sp. nov. Scale bar: 0.2 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680583" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">4A, B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="137" type="composition">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Composition.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Framenau &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="L. Koch" baseAuthorityYear="1871" family="Araneidae" genus="Mangrovia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mangrovia albida" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="albida">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Mangrovia albida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L. Koch, 1871) comb. nov. and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Framenau &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2022" family="Araneidae" genus="Mangrovia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mangrovia occidentalis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Mangrovia occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="137" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">
Australia (Queensland and Western Australia) (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Distribution records of Mangrovia albida comb. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680584" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Distribution records of Mangrovia occidentalis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.98.82649.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/680588" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">9</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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