Species Habronestes bradleyi (O.P.-Cambridge, 1869)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Storena bradleyi Cambridge, O.P.- 1869. Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneidea, with characters of a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(4): 52-74 [56] [as Storena Bradleyi].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM 2♂ adult ♂ juv., Sydney, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Habronestes bradleyi (O.P.-Cambridge, 1869).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Ceph orange, blue iridescent. Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved, PME and PLE largest. Abdomen with 2 pairs of white patches on anterior part, the first small, the second long and 1 long white stripe in front of spinnerets. Tibia I with 2 rows of feathery spines proventrally. LTA with a long broad horizontal stalk and bilateral wings retrolaterally, which is similar to H. grayi n.sp..

Remarks. Jocqué (1995) identified the material from the AM as H. bradleyi (AM KS20238) and H. grimwadei (AM KS29940, AM KS22566) and presented palpal drawings of both. Re-examination of the specimens did not reveal any differences in palp and body structure, which was confirmed by M. Gray and M. Zabka (pers. comm.). In contrast the holotype male from WA: 40 miles w. of Eucla, 30.8.1947, R.T.M.P. (Grimwade Exped.). (NVM K-113) (examined) and PARATYPE: 1 female (NVM K-114) (examined) decribed from Dunn as Storena grimwadei Dunn, 1951: 11, f.1-4 (descriptions male and female) is a different species. Hence, the specimens of AM KS29940, AM KS22566 are identified as H. bradleyi.

 

Diagnosis References

Baehr, B. 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: 343-376 [359]

Dunn, R.A. 1951. Spiders of the Russell Grimwade Expedition. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 9-18 [11, f.1-4]

 

General References

Baehr, B. 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: 343-376 [359 figs 1, 2, 51, 52, 70, 71, 98, 113, 114, 140]

Jocqué, R. 1995. Notes on Australian Zodariidae (Araneae), II. Redescriptions and new records. Records of the Australian Museum 47: 141-160 [143, fig. 2a-b] (description of male)

Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [305] (description of male)

 

History of changes

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