Miturgopelma calperum Raven & Hebron & Williams 2023, sp. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
- 2. School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia & Wendy. Hebron @ qm. qld. gov. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4156 - 6302
- 3. School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia & School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X & kylie. w 50 @ outlook. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2512 - 642 X Corresponding author & School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia RobertJRaven @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8532 - 245 X
Description
Miturgopelma calperum sp. nov.
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Diagnosis. Males differ from those of Miturgopelma alanyeni sp. nov. in the long, unequal quadrilobate median apophysis. Female unknown.
Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition from one of the localities of the species.
Type material. South Australia: male holotype, Renmark, 32 km N, 33°53’S, 140°44’E, mallee, malaise trap, 7 Jun–6 Jul 1995, K. R. Pullen, QM S38047.
Paratypes. 2 ma., Renmark, 14 km WNW, 34°07’S, 140°37’E, mallee on dune, pitfall, 2 May–7 Jun 1995, K. R. Pullen, QM S32785; 2 ma., Renmark, 14 km WNW of, 34°6’59.976”S 140°37’0.12”E,, Pitfall Trap, 28 Feb–7 Mar 1995, QM S39332; 4 ma., Renmark, 31 km NW, 33°58’59.988”S 140°30’E, Flight Intercept Trap, 30 Mar–2 May 1995, QM S35775; 1 ma., Calperum HS, 21 km W by N, 33°58’59.988”S 140°30’E, Flight Intercept & Pitfall Trap, 1–30 Mar 1995, QM S41778.
Description. Male, holotype QM S38047
Carapace 2.71 long, 2.27 wide. Opisthosoma 3.07 long, 1.73 wide. Total, 5.8.
I: 2.59; 1.06; 2.13; 2.06; 1.44; 9.28. II: 2.44; 1.06; 2.06; 1.91; 1.25; 8.72. III: 2.38; 1.06; 1.94; 2.19; 1.31; 8.88. IV: 3.22; 1.16; 2.75; 3.38; 1.50; 12.00. Palp: 1.00; 0.59; 0.41; -; 2.71; 3.25.
Colour: Carapace with two moderately dark shell-like areas laterally; opisthosoma, dorsally dark, mottled with long ovoid paired pallid regions flanking poorly defined medial dark band; ventrally faintly discernible mottling on edges; femora basally strongly mottled fading gradually to patella. Eyes: All similar, small; ALE clearly smallest. Posterior row more or less overlapping; PME and PLE inner edges well separated. Legs moderately long. Spines: Femora pv1 on I–IV; tibia I, II p1r0 on I, II; palp cymbium 0.
Palp: cymbial hairs all similar; retrobasally cymbium with unmodified, narrow edge; probasal edge extended laterally with distinctly squared edge forming rounded lobe; ventral plate a long lobe apically with short, rounded hook, dorsal plate acute; RTA distal; short, directed laterally; two plates sandwiching unsclerotised zone; ventral plate a long lobe apically with short rounded, hook, dorsal plate acute; embolus central, directed transversely prolateral.
Distribution. Known only from South Australia but probably also found nearby in Victoria.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- QM , R
- Material sample ID
- S32785 , S35775 , S38047 , S39332 , S41778
- Event date
- 1995-02-28 , 1995-03-01 , 1995-03-30 , 1995-05-02 , 1995-06-07
- Verbatim event date
- 1995-02-28/03-07 , 1995-03-01/30 , 1995-03-30/05-02 , 1995-05-02/06-07 , 1995-06-07/07-06
- Scientific name authorship
- Raven & Hebron & Williams
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Zoropsidae
- Genus
- Miturgopelma
- Species
- calperum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Miturgopelma calperum Raven, Hebron & Williams, 2023