Boreohesperus capensis Shear, 1992

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Boreohesperus capensis Shear, 1992 Figs 1A29

Boreohesperus capensis Shear, 1992: 779, fig. 1.

Type material.

Holotype male: Cave 324, Cape Range, Western Australia, Australia, 22°22'34"S, 113°51'25"E, 27 August 1989, M. East (WAM T23659; original number WAM 91/1408).

Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (WAM T23660; original number WAM 91/1409); 2 males, same data as holotype except Cave 203 22°26'14"S, 113°54'39"E, 19 July 1989, W.F. Humphreys (WAM T23661-T23662; original numbers WAM 91/1410-1411). Other paratypes, lodged in the Australian Museum (Sydney), the American Museum of Natural History (New York) and the Zoologische Museum (Amsterdam) were not examined for this study.

Other material examined.

Australia: Western Australia: Cape Range, 21°55'S, 114°04'E, May 1965, A. Saar, 1♂, 1♀ (WAM T44397); Cape Range, top of range, S. of Shot-hole canyon (#3243), 22°02'S, 114°01'E, by hand, 26 July 1967, W.F. Humphreys, 1♂ (WAM T71462); East coast plain, 21°57'S, 114°07'E, by hand, 28 July 1993, W.F. Humphreys, R.D. Brooks, 1♀ (WAM T71463); Cape Range, cave C-111, Breakdown Maze, 21°55'08"S, 114°00'17"E, 5 July 1989, R. Wood, M. East, 1♀ (WAM T71464); Cape Range, cave C-111, Breakdown Maze, 21°55'08"S, 114°00'17"E, 5 July 1989, R. Wood, M. East, 1♀ (WAM T71469); Cape Range area, WAWA Bore 43, cave C-499, 21°56'S, 114°06'E, by hand, 7 July 1993, R.D. Brooks 1 juvenile (WAM T71470); Cape Range area, on damp soil near cave C-499 (WAWA Bore 43 Cave), 21°56'S, 114°06'E, by hand, 19 May 1993, W.F. Humphreys, R.D. Brooks, 1♂, 2♀, 17 juveniles (WAM T71471); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-21 (#3346), 22°14'S, 113°58'E, 10 July 1989, A. Humphreys, R. Wood, 1♀ (WAM T71472); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-21 (#3348), 22°14'S, 113°58'E, 10 July 1989, A. Humphreys, R. Wood, 1♀ (WAM T71473); Cape Range area, 4 m outside cave, C-118 (#399), 22°09'S, 113°59'E, pitfall traps, 23 July 1989, E.C. Pryor, 1♂ (WAM T71474); Cape Range area, outside cave, C-118 (#320), 22°09'S, 113°59'E, wet pitfall traps, 27 July 1989, E.C. Pryor, 1♂, 1♀ (WAM T71475); Cape Range area, cave C-15, 22°13'S, 113°59'E, 13 August 1992, W.F. Humphreys, R.D. Brooks, R. L’Heureux, 1♀ (WAM T71476); Cape Range area, cave C-222, 21°56'S, 114°06'E, by hand, 10 August 1992, W.F. Humphreys, R.D. Brooks, 1♂, 1♀ (WAM T71477); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-232 (#4092), 21°56'S, 114°05'E, 10 July 1989, E. Bowra, 1♂ (WAM T71478); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-18 (#3544), 22 °05'S, 114°00'E, 26 June 1989, B. Vine, M.S. Harvey, R.D. Brooks, 1♀ (WAM T71479); N-W Cape Peninsula, outside cave C-161 (#3065), 22°13'S, 113°58'E, 2 August 1989, E. Pryor, M. East, 1♀ (WAM T71480); N-W Cave Peninsula, cave C-222 (#3869), 21°56'S, 114°06'E, 3 June 1989, A.J. Humphreys, 1♂ (WAM T71481); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-177 (#3988), 22°06'S, 113°58'E, 7 July 1989, M. East, R. Wood 1♀ (WAM T71482); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-203 (#2623), 22°26'S, 113°55'E, 19 July 1989, B. Jones, 2♀, 1 juvenile (WAM T71483); N-W Cape Peninsula, near cave C-201 (#425), 22°10'S, 113°58'E, 19 June 1990, D. Brooks, 1♂ (WAM T71484); data lost, presumably Cape Range area, 1♀ (WAM T71485); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-162 (#3960), 22°09'S, 114°00'E, 20 June 1989, M.S. Harvey, 1♂ (WAM T71486); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-68 (#4238), 22°06'S, 113°59'E, 26 June 1989, R. Wood, 1♂ (WAM T71487); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-328 (#3098), 22°01'S, 113°56'E, 28 August 1989, M. East, 1♂ (WAM T71488); N-W Cape Peninsula, cave C-107 (#3267), 22°07'S, 114°00'E, 30 June 1989, B. Vine, E. Bowra, 1 juvenile (WAM T71489); N-W Cape Peninsula, Well #2, Charles Knife Road (#381), 22°06'S, 113°59'E, attracted by ants on track, 3 June 1990, J.M. Waldock, 1♀ (WAM T71490).

Diagnosis.

Boreohesperus capensis is considerably larger than other species of the genus, measuring approximately 20 mm in length, and 2 mm in mid-body width (Figs 2 A–B). Additionally, the solenomere of the gonopod is twisted and undivided at its tip, unlike those of other species, and the non-seminiferous branch of the gonopod in Boreohesperus capensis lacks the extra process seen in all other species (Figs 1A, 2 C–F).

Description.

Holotype male: See Shear (1992).

Distribution.

This species is restricted to the Cape Range region of Western Australia (Fig. 9).