Karaops alanlongbottomi
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Selenopidae
Genus: Karaops
Name
Karaops alanlongbottomi Crews & Harvey, 2011 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype male (WAM T93/1330): northwest tip of Degerando Island, Champagny Islands, 15°20'S, 124°11'E, Western Australia, Australia, 11.VII.1988, A.F. Longbottom.
Etymology
This species is named after Alan Longbottom, collector of the holotype and many other interesting arachnids for the Western Australian Museum.
Diagnosis
Males can be separated from other species by having three processes of the RTA as well as a crescent-shaped conductor with a scythe shaped terminus (Fig. 17). Females unknown.
Description
Holotype:Color: carapace uniformly yellow-brown; sternum pale yellow-brown; chelicerae pale yellow with darker infuscations anteriorly and laterally; maxillae pale yellow-brown; labium pale brown; abdomen dorsally yellow-brown with red-brown and grey markings; ventrally pale yellow-brown; legs with all segments clearly annulated. Cephalothorax:setae short, stout and rodlike, over entire habitus; 0.84 times longer than broad; fovea longitudinal, broad, very shallow. Eyes:AER slightly recurved; PER recurved; PME larger than AME, PLE largest, ALE smallest; eye group width 1.83; eye diameters, AME 0.22, ALE 0.14, PME 0.28, PLE 0.38; interdistances AME-ALE 0.37, PME-PLE 0.29, ALE-PLE 0.19, AME-PME 0.03; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.56, PME-PME 1.06; clypeus 0.09 high. Mouthparts:chelicerae with a few stout setae medially and anteriorly; lateral boss present, smooth; promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally; labium distally rounded. Sternum:0.91 times longer than broad, posteriorly indented. Pedipalp:femur, spination dorsal 0–1–2; retrolateral tibial apophysis with 3 processes, dorsal apophysis longest, slightly curved, tapering, medial apophysis small and triangular, ventral apophysis quadrangular in lateral view, and rounded in ventral view; retrolateral basal cymbial process absent; cymbial scopulae absent; cymbium round to triangular, angled bottom right; conductor crescent-shaped, with a squarish projection medially, pointed at tip; embolus very long and slender, beginning at 4 o’clock, terminating at 2 o’clock; MA long, slender, slightly sinuous, directed laterally then distally, with a flattened process at the tip (Figs 17–18). Legs:Leg I only slightly shorter than legs II, III and IV; leg formula 3241; scopulae absent on all legs; tarsus I–IV with strong claw tufts; claws without teeth; spination: leg I, Fm pr 1–1–0, d 1–0–1, rl 0; Ti d 0, v 2–2–2–2–2; Mt v 2–2–2; Ti and Mt I and II with strong spines; leg II, Fm pl 0–0–1, d 1–1–1, rl 0–0–1; Ti v 2–2–2–2–2; Mt v 2–2–2; leg III, Fm pl 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0–1–1; Ti v 1–1–0; Mt 0; leg IV, Fm pr 0–1–1, d 1–1–1, rl 0–1–1; Ti pr 1–0–1, v 2–2–0, rl 1–1–0; Mt pr 0, v 2–0–0, rl 1–1–0. Abdomen:without tufts of setae. Dimensions: Total length 6.25. Cephalothorax length 3.19, width 3.78. Sternum length 1.82, width 1.99. Abdomen length 3.15, width 2.65. Pedipalp: Fm 1.28, Pt 0.71, Ti 0.88, Ta 1.38, (total) 4.25. Leg I: Fm 4.19, Pt 1.71, Ti 3.95, Mt 3.55, Ta 1.65, (total) 15.05. Leg II: Fm 5.35, Pt 1.73, Ti 4.62, Mt 4.32, Ta 1.71, (total) 17.73. Leg III: Fm 5.74, Pt 1.77, Ti 4.91, Mt 4.34, Ta 1.98, (total) 18.74. Leg IV: Fm 5.39, Pt 1.52, Ti 4.25, Mt 4.28, Ta 1.72, (total) 17.16.
Natural history
Collected from under rocks.
Distribution
The type locality only (Map 5).
Original Description
- Crews, S; Harvey, M; 2011: The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region ZooKeys, 99: 1-104. doi
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