Stephanopis carcinoides, Machado & Teixeira & Milledge, 2019

Machado, Miguel, Teixeira, Renato Augusto & Milledge, Graham A., 2019, On the Australian Bark Crab Spider Genus Stephanopis: Taxonomic Review and Description of Seven New Species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae), Records of the Australian Museum 71 (6), pp. 217-276 : 220-221

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1698

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7EDBAB7F-0E3B-47D7-AA29-0906728ADA05

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/26714D71-FFB2-FFF2-06C5-FEA2FAF1F83A

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Felipe

scientific name

Stephanopis carcinoides
status

 

Key to the Australian species of Stephanopis View in CoL View at ENA

Males

1 Prosoma with cephalic prominence and high clypeus (five times the diameter of the AME or more) ( Fig. 3B View Figure 3 ); opisthosoma obovate or pentagonal ( Figs 3A View Figure 3 , 20A View Figure 20 ) ...................................................................................... 2

—— Cephalic prominence absent and clypeus low (three times the diameter of the AME or less) ( Figs 5B View Figure 5 , 26B View Figure 26 ); opisthosoma trapezoid ( Figs 5A View Figure 5 , 8A View Figure 8 ); prolateral setae tuft on dorsal surface of cymbium present ( Figs 9B,D View Figure 9 , 15B,D View Figure 15 ) ....................................................................................... 6

2 Male palpi with RTA straight, notably bifid and acute; embolus hook-shaped and fixed at proximal portion ( Figs 3C, 3D View Figure 3 , 20C, 20D View Figure 20 ) ........................................................................................................................................... 3

—— Male palpi with RTA curved, single-tipped and acute (Figs 17C,D, 46C,D); tibiae and metatarsi I with long and thin barbs (modified setae) ( Figs 17A View Figure 17 , 31A View Figure 31 , 44A View Figure 44 ) ................................................................................... 13

3 RTA and RTAvbr approximately equal-sized (length and width) .............................................. 4

—— RTA and RTAvbr of different sizes ............................................................................................ 5

4 Opisthosoma obovate, posterior setae clusters present; prosoma longer than wide ( Fig. 3A View Figure 3 ) ......................................................................................... S. altifrons View in CoL

—— Opisthosoma pentagonal, posterior setae clusters absent; prosoma as long as wide ( Fig. 20A View Figure 20 ) ........................................................ S. carcinoides View in CoL sp. nov.

5 Well-developed PrsP; embolus whip-like, coiled and resting behind the tegulum; RTAvbr three times bigger than RTA ( Fig. 27C,D View Figure 27 ) ......................................................................................................... S. flagellata View in CoL sp. nov.

—— Palpal apophyses short; RTA laminar and bigger than RTAvbr; Pcym ventrally curved and emerging distant from the tip of the apophyses ( Fig. 38C,D View Figure 38 ) .................................................................................................. S. nigra View in CoL

6 Acute ocular projections on ALE present ( Figs. 5A,B View Figure 5 , 15A,B View Figure 15 ) ................................................ 7

—— Ocular projections on ALE absent ( Figs. 26B View Figure 26 , 33B View Figure 33 ) ................................................................. 8

7 Prosoma pear-shaped (in dorsal view), cephalic region narrowed ( Fig. 15A View Figure 15 ); embolus short; RTA hook-shaped and RTAvbr squared and discrete (Fig. ( Fig. 15C,D View Figure 15 ); femoral and tibial tubercles discrete ........................................................................................................ S. bicornis View in CoL

—— Pcym hyaline and vestigial; RTAvbr wide and pointing towards the RTA forming a “crab claw” structure ( Fig. 5C,D View Figure 5 ); femoral and tibial tubercles well-developed ( Fig. 5A View Figure 5 ) ........................................................... S. angulata View in CoL

8 Dorsal projections on patellae and tibiae I present, welldeveloped ( Fig. 33A View Figure 33 ); femur I enlarged ( Fig. 9A View Figure 9 ) .................................................................... 9

—— Dorsal projections on patellae and tibiae I vestigial or absent; femur I not enlarged ( Fig. 26A View Figure 26 ) .............................................................................................. 11

9 Opisthosoma wider than long ( Fig. 33A View Figure 33 ); embolus sclerotized, RTA laminar (resembling the shape of an axe blade in retro- lateral view) ( Fig. 33C,D View Figure 33 ) ........................................................................................... S. monulfi View in CoL

—— Embolus membranous, flexible at its distal portion and with welldeveloped PrsP ........................................................................................................................ 10

10 RTA straight at the tip and RTAvbr truncated; Pcym obtuse ( Fig. 29C,D View Figure 29 ); dorsal leg projections acute ( Fig. 29A View Figure 29 ) ....................................................... S. lata View in CoL

—— RTA curved; RTAvbr absent; Pcym acute and curved ( Fig. 9C, D View Figure 9 ); femur I strikingly enlarged, bigger than femur II ( Fig. 9A View Figure 9 ) .................................. S. armata View in CoL

11 Tibiae I with modified lamellar setae ( Fig. 11A View Figure 11 ); RTA bifid and acute; embolus long, coiled at its distal portion and resting on the apical portion of the tegulum ( Fig. 11C,D View Figure 11 ) ............................................................... S. barbipes View in CoL

—— Tibiae I without modified setae; RTA single tipped or with discrete RTAvbr ....................................................................................................................... 12

12 RTAvbr present; cymbium short, thick and rounded ( Fig. 26C,D View Figure 26 ) ............................. S. fissifrons View in CoL

—— RTAvbr absent; RTA square-ended; cymbium oval-shaped; Pcym hyaline ( Fig. 48C,D View Figure 48 ) .......................................................................... S. squalida View in CoL sp. nov.

13 Prosoma, opisthosoma and legs covered by hyaline and thick bacillar setae; AME spherical ( Fig. 17A,B View Figure 17 ) ............................................................................ 14

—— Prosoma, opisthosoma and legs covered by long spiniform setae; AME elliptical and perpendicularly disposed ( Fig. 40A,B View Figure 40 ) ...................................................................................................................... S. palliolata View in CoL

14 Palpi well-developed, with cymbium bigger than chelicerae ( Figs 17B View Figure 17 , 46B View Figure 46 ); embolus filiform, long, emerging from tegulum at six o’clock and encircling it; RTA strong, dark and densely sclerotized ( Figs 7C View Figure 7 , 46C View Figure 46 ) ....................................................................................................... 15

—— Cymbium smaller than chelicerae ( Figs 31B View Figure 31 , 44B View Figure 44 ); embolus short and laminar, emerging from tegulum in a different position; RTA not like the above ( Figs 31C,D View Figure 31 , 44C,D View Figure 44 ) ......................................................................... 17

15 Prosoma yellowish-orange with a central and a lateral pair of darker longitudinal bands ( Fig. 17A View Figure 17 ); RTA strongly curved towards the tegulum; cymbium and tegulum rounded ( Fig. 17C,D View Figure 17 ) .......................................................................................................... S. cambridgei View in CoL

—— Prosoma without longitudinal bands; RTA slightly curved (almost straight) or sinuous; cymbium and tegulum longer than wide, oval ................................................................................................................................ 16

16 Bacillar setae predominantly brownish and long; body covered in sand, rock fragments and other soil particles ( Fig. 7A,B View Figure 7 ); retro lateral margin of cymbium indented, forming a discrete Pcym; RTA almost straight; cephalic area strongly narrowed ( Fig. 7C,D View Figure 7 ) ...................................................................... S. arenata View in CoL sp. nov.

—— Bacillar setae whitish and short ( Fig. 46A,B View Figure 46 ); retro lateral margin of cymbium sinuous, following the RTA’s curvature; Pcym absent ( Fig. 46D View Figure 46 ) .................................................................................. S. spiralis View in CoL sp. nov.

17 Embolus emerging from tegulum at seven o’clock, PrsP well- developed ( Fig. 31C View Figure 31 ); RTA distally curved (retro laterally and ventrally towards the tegulum) ( Fig. 31D View Figure 31 ); small individuals (body length not exceeding 4.40 mm); first pair of legs remark- ably stouter and longer than the rest, resembling the general appearance of a palpimanid spider ( Fig. 31A View Figure 31 ) ....................................................... S. longimana View in CoL

—— Embolus emerging at nine o’clock but hidden behind the tegulum, pointing distally at 12 o’clock ( Fig. 44C View Figure 44 ); cymbium as wide as long; RTA stout and narrowed at dorsal extremity ( Fig. 44C,D View Figure 44 ); tegulum membranous and hyaline; legs I and II subequal in length ( Fig. 44A View Figure 44 ) ............................................................... S. similis View in CoL sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae

Genus

Stephanopis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae

Genus

Stephanopis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae

Genus

Stephanopis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae

Genus

Stephanopis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae

Genus

Stephanopis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae

Genus

Stephanopis

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