Habronestes pictus (L. Koch, 1865 )

Baehr, Barbara, 2003, Revision of the Australian Spider Genus Habronestes (Araneae: Zodariidae). Species of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Records of the Australian Museum 55 (3), pp. 343-376 : 370-371

Habronestes pictus (L. Koch, 1865)

Figs. 67 , 92, 93 , 108 , 133–135 , 143

Enyo picta L. Koch, 1865: 861 (description female).

Habronestes pictus .–L. Koch, 1872: 311 T XXV figs. 3, 3a–c (description female); Jocqué, 1995: 143.

Storena picta .– Simon, 1893: 427.

Remarks. Habronestes pictus is the earliest known Habronestes species , described as Enyo picta by L. Koch (1865). The holotype of Enyo picta L. Koch is mentioned in Jocqué (1995) as lost. Dr Gisela Rack with R. Raven rediscovered the specimen in 1998 in the collection of Zoologisches Museum Hamburg as a part of the Godeffroy Collection. It is the same female from Wollongong, NSW, described as Enyo picta by L. Koch in 1865 and as Habronestes pictus by L. Koch in 1872 ( Fig. 133 ).

Type material. HOLOTYPE ♀ NSW: Wollongong, Godeffroy expedition ( ZMH).

Material examined. NSW: 633 Tinderry Nature Reserve , northern entrance, 35°37'44"S 149°12'57"E, 14.iii.1999, L. Wilkie, R . Harris & H. Smith, AM KS55869 ; 233 Booti Booti NP, 32°16'15"S 152°31'42"E, 25.xi.1997, L. Wilkie, AM KS55956 ; 333 13.xii.1996, AM KS55957 ; 13 Booti Booti NP, 32°14'44"S 152°32'33"E, 14.xii.1996, L. Wilkie, AM KS55963 ; 13 as previous, AM KS56091 ; 13 as previous, 25.xi.1997, AM KS55942 ; 13 Mt Bollard , Tallaganda SF, 35°39'14"S 149°28'44"E, 15.iii.1999, J. Tarnawski & S. Lassau, AM KS55864 ; 1♀ , 233 Warra SF, 2.8 km W of Moggs Swamp Ck, Moggs Swamp Fire Trl, 29°59'19"S 151°57'14"E, 4.ii–9.iv.1993, 1140 m, G/C, AM KS36359 ; 3 33 Warra SF, Moggs Swamp Ck, Moggs Swamp Fire Trail, 29°58'47"S 151°58'29"E, 4.ii–9.iv.1993, 1080 m, G/C, AM KS36353 ; 4 33 Warra SF, Moggs Swamp Fire Trail, 2.5 km N of Moggs Swamp Ck, 29°57'32"S 151°58'18"E, 4.ii–9.iv.1993, 1170 m, G/C, AM KS36369 . ACT: 4 33 Tidbinbilla , 35°26'S 148°56'E, 1978, AM KS6242 .

Diagnosis. Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved, PME and PLE largest. Abdomen with 5 pairs of white patches on top, 3 pairs of elongate patches, 2 pairs of circular and 1 undulating patch in front of spinnerets.

Description. Male, AM KS55869. Total length 6.24; carapace 3.04 long, 2.00 wide; 3.2 high; cl/cw 1.52; sternum 1.48 long, 1.28 wide; sl/sw 1.15. Abdomen 3.04 long, 2.00 wide. Colour. Carapace, sternum and chelicerae sepia brown, iridescent; maxillae, labium sepia brown, distally white. Abdomen sepia brown, iridescent; with 5 pairs of white patches on top, 3 pairs long, 2 pairs circular and 1 undulating patch in front of spinnerets; laterally with 1 undulating, horizontal white stripe; ventrally, 1 longitudinal white stripe from epigastric fold to near tracheal spiracle. Legs yellow; clearly annulated; legs I–IV with white coxa, prolateral suture sepia brown, sepia brown trochanter, sepia brown femora and proximal white patch with darker brown lateral stripes on patella and tibia; femur II with proximal 1 3 white and distal 2 3 sepia brown; femora III, IV with proximal ½ of femora white and distal ½ sepia brown; with darker brown lateral stripes on patella and tibia. Eyes. In 2 rows each with 4 eyes, both rows procurved. PME and PLE largest, subequal. Eye group width 0.50 of headwidth;AME 0.12; ALE 0.12; PME 0.18; PLE 0.20;AME– AME 0.04; AME–ALE 0.04; ALE–PLE 0.04; PME–PME 0.12; PME–PLE 0.12. MOQ: AME–PME 0.56; AME–AME 0.28; PME–PME 0.48. Clypeus & chilum. Clypeus 0.84 high; chilum divided. Legs. Length formula 4123. Male palp ( Figs. 92, 93 , 108 ). RCF deep, almost running the entire cymbium length. LTA with long vertical stalk and irregular horizontal plate; DTA with flattened stalk; VTA long, with sharp tip.Tibia short; DTiA 1.5 as long as tibia, hooked; VTiA ( Fig. 93 ).

Female (paratype AM KS36359). Total length 7.52; carapace 3.36 long, 2.36 wide; 1.68 high; cl/cw 1.42; sternum 1.48 long, 1.48 wide; sl/sw 1.00. Abdomen 4.16 long, 3.00 wide. Colour. As in male. Eyes. Eye group width 0.50 of headwidth; AME 0.12; ALE 0.12; PME 0.20; PLE 0.20; AME–AME 0.06; AME–ALE 0.06; ALE–PLE 0.09; PME–PME 0.14; PME–PLE 0.12. MOQ: AME–PME 0.6; AME–AME 0.30; PME–PME 0.54. Clypeus 0.84 high.

Epigyne ( Figs. 133–135 ). With undulate posterior margin and undulate plate. Copulatory ducts anteriorly visible through the tegument. Vulva with long, spiralled copulatory ducts ending in pear-shaped, touching spermathecae.

Distribution. Northeastern New South Wales and ACT ( Fig. 143 ).

Figures

Figs. 64–67. Habronestes pictus species-group body, dorsal view: (64) Habronestes grahami n.sp.; (65) Habronestes

Figs.92–97. Habronestes pictusspecies-group malepalps,ventralview(above),lateral view(below):(92,93) Habronestes

Figs. 98–110. Habronestes pictus species-group male palps, LTA ventral view: (98) Habronestes bradleyi (Pickard-Cambridge); (99) Habronestes grayi n.sp.; (100) Habronestes piccolo n.sp.; (101) Habronestes jocquei n.sp.; (102) Habronestes grahami n.sp.; (103) Habronestes minor n.sp.; (104) Habronestes helenae n.sp.; (105) Habronestes wilkiei n.sp.; (106) Habronestes giganteus n.sp.; (107) Habronestes longiconductor n.sp.; (108) Habronestes pictus (Koch); (109) Habronestes raveni n.sp.; (110) Habronestes hunti n.sp. Scales 0.25 mm.

Figs. 133–137. Habronestes pictus species-group epigynes, ventral view (above), vulvae, dorsal view (below): (133) Habronestes pictus (L. Koch, 1865) holotype; (134, 135) Habronestes pictus (L. Koch, 1865), AM KS36359; (136, 137) Habronestes longiconductor n.sp. Scales 0.25 mm.

Figs. 138–143. New South Wales, showing collection localities: (138) species of Habronestes australiensis species-group; (139) species of Habronestes macedonensis species-group; (140–143) species of Habronestes pictus species-group.