Jotus karllagerfeldi, Baehr, Barbara C., Schubert, Joseph & Harms, Danilo, 2019

Baehr, Barbara C., Schubert, Joseph & Harms, Danilo, 2019, The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia, Evolutionary Systematics 3 (1), pp. 53-73 : 53

Jotus karllagerfeldi sp. nov. Figs 1 A–C, 8 A–E, 12G, 13G, 14 Karl Lagerfeld’s Jumping Spider

Material examined.

Holotype male: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Lake Broadwater via Dalby, open forest [27°21'S, 151°05'E] (QM S108791), coll. F. & L. Wood, 19 April 1984.

Other material examined.

Only known from type specimen and the life images taken from Mark Newton on the banks of the Murray River of Morgan [34°01'S, 139°40'E] and Blanchetown [34°21'S, 139°37'E] and Thompson Beach [34°29'S, 139°17'E] in South Australia.

Etymology.

The specific name is a patronym in honour of the late Karl Lagerfeld, the "kind of fashion nymphomaniac that never gets an orgasm" (K. Lagerfeld, Quote). Karl Lagerfeld inspired us with his unique sense of design and this new spider with big black eyes and white kent collar reminds us of his later looks - a fashion icon in black and white. Karl grew up in Hamburg and had a keen sense of business; similar to Johann Cesar Godeffroy more than a century before him who financed the first major zoological expeditions to Australia.

Diagnosis.

Males of J. karllagerfeldi sp. nov. differ from congeners by the legs and pedipalps that are annulated black and white (Figs 1 A–C); the embolic disc basally broadened and strongly u-shaped; and the pointed embolus that is accompanied by a leaf-shaped conductor (Fig. 8D, 12G arrow).

Description.

Male (Holotype QM S108791).

Total length 5.3.

Prosoma. Length 2.8, width 2.1; carapace black with sandy pale setae at lateral margin and chevrons on the back, eye region black dusted with pale setae front eye row surrounded by white setae; (Fig. 1A); sternum length 1.2, width 0.7, pale margin dusted with grey (Fig. 8B).

Eyes (Figs 1A). Diameter of AME: 0.42; ALE: 0.28; PME: 0.25; PLE: 0.08. Front eyes with fringe of white setae.

Eye rows (Fig. 8A). Anterior 1.64 wide, posterior 1.53 wide.

Clypeus (Fig. 1A). Length 0.2, black, covered with long white setae.

Chelicerae. Black, paturon with 0 prolateral and 2 retrolateral teeth.

Labium. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 8B)

Endites. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 8B).

Legs. Legs I–IV black and white annulated, tarsi white. Leg I femur - metatarsus retrolaterally covered with long black paddle-shaped setae; tibia I with long white setae (Fig. 1A).

Opisthosoma. Length 2.5, width 1.7; with blackish median band and lateral bands of pale setae (Fig. 1B). Venter greyish with pale lateral bands (Fig. 8B); spinnerets pale.

Pedipalps (Figs 1A, 8 D–E, 12G). Pedipalpal femur with cluster of long white setae dorsally; tibia as long as broad with straight finger-shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis, slightly bent at tip; cymbium oval, black, covered with long white setae distally, tip stout with distal scopula. Embolic disc broad at base, strongly u-shaped, embolus pointed, accompanied of leaf-shaped conductor (Fig. 8D, 12G arrow).

Female unknown.

Distribution.

Only known from the type locality and the life images (Fig. 14).