Species Habronestes macedonensis (Hogg, 1900)

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• Storena macedonensis Hogg, H.R. 1900. A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria; including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13: 68-123 [98].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.2.24.38 ♂ adult, Macedon, VIC.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

Diagnosis

Eyes in 2 rows, both rows procurved, AME largest. Abdomen with 2 pairs of white patches on anterior part, the first elongated, nearly divided in two; and 2 patches in front of spinnerets. Metatarsus I with irregular band of short strong spines ventrally in males. Shape of LTA fan-like covered with small spicules (Figs 40, 41). Epigyne with w-shaped scape. Vulva with extremely short CD ending in large, globular, not touching S (Figs 35, 36).

Remarks. The male of Habronestes macedonensis was first described by Hogg, 1900 as Storena macedonensis. Jocqué (1995) has reexamined the holotype and placed the species in Habronestes because of the special palp structure. The female is described here for the first time.

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 [351]

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 [351,352 figs 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 46, 139]

Hogg, H.R. 1900. A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria; including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13: 68-123 [2, 97, 98, pl. 14, fig. 4] (description male)

Jocqué, R. 1995. Notes on Australian Zodariidae (Araneae), II. Redescriptions and new records. Records of the Australian Museum 47: 141-160 [145, fig. 3c-d] (description male)

Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911] [150] (description male)

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