Draculoides mesozeirus Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys 2008: 182–183
A systematic revision of Draculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) of the Pilbara, Western Australia, Part I: the Western Pilbara
Abrams, Kym M.
Huey, Joel A.
Hillyer, Mia J.
Didham, Raphael K.
Harvey, Mark S.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-22
4864
1
1
75
37L49
Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys, 2008
Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys
2008
[151,1023,618,645]
Arachnida
Hubbardiidae
Draculoides
Animalia
Schizomida
58
59
Arthropoda
species
mesozeirus
( Figs. 1–8) http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ 5C2329F5-D63C-4B72-9FEA-26BD41F43A84
Draculoides mesozeirus Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys 2008: 182–183, figs. 10, 25–28; Abrams et al. 2019MPE 106532: 8, fig. 2.
Material examined. Holotypefemale. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Middle Robe( Borehole M2ERC027, trap 1), 23.5 kmE of Pannawonica, 21°41’5”S, 116°32’27”E, March–May2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamienand L. Mould( WAM T63329). Paratypes. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( WAM T63330); 1 ♀, Middle Robe, Borehole M2ERC034, 23.3 kmE of Pannawonica, 21°41’4”S, 116°32’21”E, March–May2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamienand L. Mould( WAM T63328). Other material. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: See Harvey et al. (2008); Abrams et al. (2019).
Diagnosis.Males are unknown. Draculoides mesozeirusis phylogenetically ( Fig. 2) and geographically ( Fig. 1D) most closely related to D. carmillae, D. claudiaeand D. nosferatu. It differs from D. carmillaein the posterior position of flagellar seta dl 1 inrelation to vl1 (dl1 is anterior to vl 1 in D. carmillae). It differs from D. nosferatuin the short, broad shape of the gonopod (elongated, rectangular gonopod in D. nosferatu). It is currently not possible to distinguish D. mesozeirusfrom D. claudiaeon morphology alone because adults of D. claudiaeare unknown and juvenile morphology is not distinctive. Draculoides mesozeiruscan be diagnosed from all other Draculoidesspecies that were sequenced at COI and 12S by the 50bp mini-barcodes shown in Figures 3and 5. Draculoides mesozeiruscan be diagnosed from all other Draculoidesspecies that were sequenced at ITS2 ( Fig. 7) except for D. nosferatu, D. claudiaeand D. carmillae, which are not distinguishable using the ITS2 mini-barcode.
Description.See Harvey et al. (2008).
Remarks. Draculoides mesozeirusis restricted to one of the un-named Middle Robe mesas, located between the mesas inhabited by D. claudiaeand D. carmillae, situated east of Pannawonica in the Pilbara region of Western Australia( Fig. 1D).
3013449343
T63329
WAM, T
Australia
-21.684721
Middle Robe
21
116.54083
58
59
1
Western Australia
holotype
3013449304
T63330
[199,1213,968,995]
WAM, T
Australia
-21.684721
Middle Robe
21
116.54083
58
59
1
1
Western Australia
paratype
3013449345
T63328
WAM, T
Australia
-21.684444
Pannawonica
21
116.53917
58
59
1
1
Western Australia
paratype