Pungalina plurilineata, Richardson, Barry J., 2016

Richardson, Barry J., 2016, New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 4114 (5), pp. 501-560 : 543-546

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5694087

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E487E9-FFD9-E605-FF59-897EE1B4FCEA

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scientific name

Pungalina plurilineata
status

sp. nov.

Pungalina plurilineata View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 167–181 View FIGURES 167 – 174 View FIGURES 175 – 181

Type Material examined. Holotype: M, Wangi Point Reserve, Ridge Track, New South Wales, Australia, 14.60°E, 33.08°S, 23 Mar. 2012 (AMS KS118337); Paratype: 1F, as for the holotype (same vial).

Other Material examined. AUSTRALIA: QUEENSLAND: 1M, 2 km WSW of Cape Tribulation, 145.45°E, 16.08°S, Sep. 1996, J. Seymour ( ANIC 42 000073); 1M, Cape Tribulation, 145.45°E, 16.13°S, 14 Jul. 1993, R. Kitching ( ANIC 42 001575); 1M, Cape Tribulation Road, Daintree National Park, 145.43°E, 16.25°S, 20 May 2000, G. Milledge & H. Smith (AM KS57887); 1M, Windsor Tableland, 28 km NNW of Mount Carbine, 145.23°E, 16.30°S, 15 Apr. 1982, Monteith, Yeates & Cook (QM S25546 View Materials ); 1M, Mount Lewis, 11.3 km along Mount Lewis Road, 145.27°E, 16.59°S, 30 Apr. 1998, G.A. Milledge (AM KS52190); 1M, Crystal Cascades, 145.68°E, 16.93°S, Dec. 1982, R.R. Jackson (QM S96117 View Materials ); 1M, Mission Beach, 146.07°E, 17.87°S, 3 Jun. 1996, M. Cermak ( ANIC 42 001569); 1M, Townsville, 146.08°E, 19.23°S (AMS KS34904); 1M, Pine Islet, Percy Island Group, 150.22°E, 21.67°S, Dec. 1982, P. Sutton (QM S96186 View Materials ); 1M, Percy Island, 150.33°E, 21.70°S, White (QM S3579); 1M, Kroombit Tops, Lower Kroombit Creek, 45 km SSW of Calliope, 151.03°E, 24.35°S, 9 Dec. 1983, V. Davies & J. Gallon (QM S5780); 1M, as above (QM S4610); 1M, Kroombit Tops (Three Moon Creek), 151.02°E, 24.45°S, 9 Dec. 1983, V. Davies & J. Gallon (QM S96182 View Materials ); 1M, Gold Creek Reservoir, Brookfield, 152.88°E, 27.47°S, V. Davies & R. Raven (QM S96183 View Materials ); 1M, Roedean Street, Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane, 152.97°E, 27.53°S, Apr. 1988, V. Davies (QM S96188 View Materials ); 1M, as above, 7 Dec. 1977 (QM S96187 View Materials ); 1M, as above, 23 Oct. 1977 (QM S96185 View Materials ); 1M, as above, 14 Jan. 1989 (QM S96190 View Materials ); 1M, as above, Jan. 1992 (QM S91119 View Materials ); 1 imm., as above, 30 May 1983 (QM S3597); 1M, as above, Dec. 1985 (QM S96181 View Materials ); 1M, Griffith University, 153.05°E, 27.55°S, 31 May 1986, J. Rienks (QM S4607); NEW SOUTH WALES: 1F, Coolah Tops National Park, Grass Tree Track, 150.00°E, 31.73°S, 8 Nov. 2001, M. Gray, G. Milledge & H. Smith (AMS KS75120); 1M, Olney State Forest, Mount Faulk Road, 151.45°E, 33.01°S, 21 Mar. 2012, G.A. Milledge & H.M. Smith (AMS KS118260); 1M, Wyrrabalong National Park, Tuggerah Beach Trail, 151.53°E, 33.30°S, 19 Mar. 2012, G.A. Milledge & H.M. Smith (AMS KS118133); 1M, Gosford, 151.35°E, 33.43°S, 24 Dec. 1992, G.A. Milledge ( MVMA BJR 1371); 1M, Mount Colah, Heaney Close, 151.12°E, 33.67°S, 1 Jan. 2013, H.M. Smith (AMS KS119669); 1M, Beecroft, 151.07°E, 33.75°S, 14 Nov. 1994, J. Noble (AMS KS56520); 1M, Beecroft, as above, 26 Oct. 1993 (AMS KS56437); 1F, Pymble, 151.13°E, 33.75°S, 1 Feb. 1997, P. Jinks (AMS KS53427); 1M, 1F, Royal National Park, Sydney, 151.07°E, 34.13°S, 24 Mar. 1988, M. Żabka (AMS KS64904); 1M, Wagga Wagga, 147.38°E, 35.10°S, Apr. 2001, A.W. McCarthy ( ANIC 42 001411); VICTORIA: 1M, Cape Conran, Coast Park, 148.73°E, 37.78°S, 12 Jan. 2005, C. Lambkin & N. Starick ( ANIC 42 001425).

Etymology. The name reflects the pattern of lateral lines found on the abdomen. To be treated as a Latin adjective.

Remarks. Commonly confused with Apricia longipalpis and A. jovialis in collections. The drawings of the male palp of A. jovialis in Davies & Żabka (1989) are of this species.

Diagnosis. The females ( Figs 171–174 View FIGURES 167 – 174 , 178–180 View FIGURES 175 – 181 ) can be separated from P. semiatra by the distal rather than lateral direction taken by the insemination ducts and the possession of large rather than small atria. It can be separated from P. albobarbata L. Koch by the larger fertilization ducts and the median rather than lateral guides. The males ( Figs 175–177 View FIGURES 175 – 181 ) can be separated from the other two species by the shapes and sizes of the proximal lobes on the tegula and the different shapes of the tibial apophyses and emboli.

Description. Male: Holotype. Cephalothorax ( Figs 167, 168 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ) dark brown with scattered pennate white hairs over anterior dorsal surface. Surrounds of ALE, PME and PLE, black. Clypeus ( Figs 169, 170 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ) narrow, with a thin fringe of dark hairs. Area immediately ventral to the clypeus and dorsal to the chelicerae bright white. Chelicerae straight, dark brown with a single small promarginal tooth and a small, unident retromarginal tooth. Endites, labium and sternum dark brown. Dorsal abdomen dark brown with a fine lacy pattern of black markings and a distinct pattern of bright yellow chevrons and lateral stripes. Spinnerets dark brown with yellow tips. Ventral abdomen black with four longitudinal rows of small yellow dots. L1 dark brown, except for patella, which is bright yellow and more robust and larger than other legs, without fringing. Remaining legs dark brown with bright yellow trochanters, coxae and tarsi. Palp ( Figs 175–177 View FIGURES 175 – 181 ): Palps mid brown, cymbium with yellow tip. Tibia with thick apophysis tapering in the distal half to a twisted point. Tegulum bulging and twisted with a large posterior lobe. The sperm duct forms a half circle along the distal and anterior edge of the tegulum. The short embolus is placed on a large broad base on the distal edge of the tegulum. Dimensions: CL 2.79, EFL 1.05, CW 2.04, AEW 1.73, AMEW 1.18, PEW 1.67, AL 3.28, P1+T1 2.60, L1 5.82 (1.85 + 1.11 + 1.49 + 0.80 + 0.56), L2 4.33 (1.26 + 0.87 + 0.93 + 0.68 + 0.50), L3 4.15 (1.49 + 0.68 + 0.74 + 0.80 + 0.43), L4 5.02 (1.42 + 0.87 + 1.18 + 1.05 + 0.50).

Female: Paratype. As for male ( Figs 171 –174 View FIGURES 167 – 174 ), except L1 not as strongly developed and the patella is dark brown rather than bright yellow. Epigyne ( Figs 178–180 View FIGURES 175 – 181 ): consisting of a pair of posterior facing anterior atria with lightly sclerotised margins and a large median pocket opening from the epigastric fold. Copulatory openings near the atria but indistinct. Long insemination ducts pass posteriorly until joining the anterior edge of the spermathecae. No glands or diverticula seen. Spermathecae simple rounded chambers lying close to the epigastric fold on either side of the median pocket. Fertilization ducts on the median sides of the spermathecae. Dimensions: CL 3.10, EFL 1.18, CW 2.17, AEW 1.86, AMEW 1.24, PEW 1.80, AL 3.72, P1+T1 2.29, L1 5.51 (1.86 + 1.18 + 1.24 + 0.68 + 0.56), L2 4.52 (1.61 + 0.93 + 0.87 + 0.62 + 0.50), L3 4.09 (1.30 + 0.81 + 0.62 + 0.87 + 0.50), L4 5.63 (1.80 + 0.93 + 1.23 + 1.11 + 0.56).

Distribution and biology. Widespread across eastern Australia in a wide range of localities including reserves ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 175 – 181 ). As a consequence, likely IUCN Red List Category LC. Predicted to be found in the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and, marginally, in South Australia but no specimens known from these states. Found in leaf litter, under bark and on foliage in habitats ranging from tropical and temperate forests to woodland. May be found in houses and gardens.

ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

NEW

University of Newcastle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Pungalina

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