Australutica, Jocque, 1995

Jocqué, Rudy, 2008, A new candidate for a Gondwanaland distribution in the Zodariidae (Araneae): Australutica in Africa, ZooKeys 1, pp. 59-66 : 61

Key to the species of Australutica

Note: only the female of one species of Australutica is known: A. xystarches Jocqué, 1995 . Females are thus not considered in this key.

1. Retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) with a dorsolateral and a ventrolateral prong ( Fig. 6 )................................................................................................................ 2

– RTA with one prong only ................................................................................... 3

2. Ventrolateral prong of RTA rounded; median apophysis tapered and smoothly curved......................................................................................... A. africana n. sp.

– Ventrolateral prong of RTA pointed; median apophysis widened medially and strongly curved at tip (Fig. 10).......................................... A. normanlarseni n. sp,

3. RTA strongly bent down at tip; embolus turning clockwise on right palp ............. ................................................................................................ A. quaerens Jocqué

– RTA hardly bent; embolus turning anticlockwise on right palp........................... 4

4. RTA with broad base with almost parallel sides; abdomen with a large dark central patch wider in posterior half ..................................................... A. moreton Jocqué

– RTA gradually tapered from base to tip; abdomen with two rows of small transverse stripes ............................................................................ A. manifesta Jocqué

Figures

Figs 1-6. Australutica africana n. sp. male 1. cephalothorax, dorsal view; 2. cephalothorax, ventral view; 3. cephalothorax, frontal view; 4. right male palp, retrolateral view; 5. right male palp, ventral view; 6. right male palpal tibia, dorsal view. (scale bars: 0.5 mm).