Sarax mardua Rahmadi, Harvey & Kojima, 2010

Fig. 103; Table 8

Sarax mardua Rahmadi et al., 2010: 13–18, figs 26–32, 39–40.

Diagnosis

This species may be separated from other species of Sarax in Southeast Asia and Oceania by the following combination of characters: large body size (adult length 8.5–10.1 mm); secondary sexual dimorphism, pedipalps of male longer than those of female; median ocular tubercle small and shallow, completely divided into two, each half with an ocellus; pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines and three ventral spines; pedipalp tibia with four dorsal spines and four ventral spines; leg IV basitibia trichobothrium bt situated close to proximal margin; distitibia trichobothrium bc situated equidistant between bf and sbf.

Etymology

The species name is a noun in apposition, taken from Gua Mardua, the cave in which the type material was collected (Rahmadi et al. 2010).

Type material

Holotype INDONESIA • ♂; East Kalimantan, Kutai Timur Regency, Sangkulirang District, Pengadan Village, Gua Mardua, near Pengadan; 01°13′55.13″ N, 117°44′23.53″ E; 19 Aug. 2004; L. Deharveng and A. Bedos leg.; MZB Ambl. 151 [not examined].

Paratypes INDONESIA • 1 ♀, 2 juv.; same locality data as for holotype; MNHN Am. 12 [not examined] .

Measurements. See Table 8.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality.

Natural history

This species was collected in a cave. It co-occurs with a mite harvestman, Stylocellus sp. (Styleyesdae Hansen & Sørensen, 1904).

Remarks

See Rahmadi et al. (2010) for description.