Species Holasteron spinosum Baehr, 2004
- Holasteron spinosum Baehr, B.C. 2004. Revision of the new Australian genus Holasteron (Araneae: Zodariidae): taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 495-519 [506].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA N1992448 ♂, South Australia: m, Emu, 4.5km NW [28°38'S, 132°10'E].
Paratype(s) SAMA, further paratypes males and females in SAMA, QM, WAM see Baehr 2004 for details.Type locality references:
Baehr, B.C. 2004. Revision of the new Australian genus Holasteron (Araneae: Zodariidae): taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 495-519 [506, 507 figs 11, 21A].
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
Distribution References
- Baehr, B.C. 2004. Revision of the new Australian genus Holasteron (Araneae: Zodariidae): taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 495-519 [516; fig. 21A]
- Baehr, B.C. & Whyte, R. 2012. Biodiversity discovery program Bush Blitz supplies missing ant spider females (Aranae: Zodariidae) from Victoria. Australian Entomologist 39(3): 97-104
Diagnosis
This species is the biggest species of the H. spinosum-group and can easily be recognized by the 4 strong spines at the end of the male palpal cymbium and the RDTA with sharp tip and small flattened prong. Females differ from other species of the H. spinosum-group by the broadly oval CO, with small u-shaped sclerotised tubes.
Diagnosis References
Baehr, B.C. 2004. Revision of the new Australian genus Holasteron (Araneae: Zodariidae): taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 495-519 [505, 506]
History of changes
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