Prostheclina bulburin, Richardson & Zabka, 2007

Richardson, Barry J. & Zabka, Marek, 2007, A Revision of the Australian Jumping Spider Genus Prostheclina Keyserling, 1892 (Araneae: Salticidae), Records of the Australian Museum 59 (1), pp. 79-96 : 92-93

Prostheclina bulburin n.sp.

Figs 2, 10, 12; Table 1

Prostheclina pallida Davies & Zabka, 1989: 238

Material Examined. HOLOTYPE Queensland: 1 male, Bulburin Forestry Nursery NW of Bundaberg, 24°31'S 151°29'E, M. R. Gray & C. Horseman, 1 Mar 1975, AM KS0101 . PARATYPES Queensland: 2 males 3 females 11 immatures, data as for holotype .

Other material. Queensland: 1 male 1 female, Kroombit Tops , 18°59'S 146°02'E, R . Raven , 25 Nov 1987, S 35066 , (illustrated in Davies & Zabka, 1989 as P. pallida ) ; 1 female, Paluma Dam Road , 18°59'S 146°02'E, Monteith, Seymor, 8 Dec 1990, QM S60379 ; 3 immatures, Kroombit Tops, Beauty Spot 98, 45 km SSW Calliope , 24°22'S 151°03'E, E. V . Davies, Gallon , 9 Dec 1983, QM S61015 ; Kroombit Tops, Dawes Range , 45km SSW Calliope, 24°22'S 151°03'E, E. Davies, Gallon, 9 Dec 1983, QM S61013 ; Kroombit Tops , upper TA47 Creek , 45km SSW Calliope, 24°22'S 151°03'E, E. Davies, Gallon, 9 Dec 1983, QM S61012 , Millaa Millaa , 17 30'S 145 37'E, Richardson, 3 Aug 2003, ANIC 42 000142.

Diagnosis. Male, large size, F1–4 yellow, P1,T1 and M1 orange, M1 and Ts1 orange, lush fringes on M1 and T1, palps vanilla colour. dorsal median white strip of hair on cephalothorax, white to red mat of hairs covering the clypeus and around AME, copulatory organs with dorsal distal tegular lobe as well as distal and proximal tegular lobes. Males can be separated from P. eungella , by the presence of only a sparse fringe on M1 and long thick fringe on T1, absence of a dorsal, distal tegular lobe on the male palp and the presence of white to red mat of hairs covering the clypeus and around AME. Female large size, copulatory organs with coiled proximal seminal ducts, unlike P. bulburin .

Description

Male. Medium size, cephalothorax orange with faint strong orange marks on the thorax, sparse hairs on front of cephalothorax, eye field black, AME fringe thick, clypeus orange, mat of white to orange hair covering clupeus and front of cephalothorax, chelicera yellow with large, pointed retromarginal tooth and one fissident promarginal tooth, maxillae yellow, labium yellow, sternum yellow, abdomen dorsal yellow with black pattern, ventral yellow/orange with brown squared posterior lip, T1 and M1 orange, T1 sparse fringe and M1 with long lush fringe, (P1+T1) medium length, F1, P1 and Ts1 yellow, L2–4 yellow, palps yellow, male

copulatory organs with distal and proximal tegular lobes plus a weak prolateral distal tegular lobe. Dimensions: holotype, 2.4 mm CL, 0.72 AEW/CL, 0.44 AMEW /CL, 0.77 CW/CL, 0.72 PEW/CL, 0.51 EFL /CL, 0.64 CWP/CL, 0.90 AL/CL, 0.69 AW/CL, 0.59 CH /CL, 0.077 ClH/CL, 0.41 ChH/CL, 0.39 StL/CL, 0.28 StW/CL, 0.92 (P1+ T1 /CL) .

Female. Relatively large size, cephalothorax yellow with faint orange marks on the thorax, eye field black, AME fringe sparse, sparse hairs covering cephalothorax, clypeus yellow, chelicera yellow with large, narrow and pointed retromarginal tooth and two very close promarginal teeth, maxillae yellow, labium yellow, sternum yellow, dorsal abdomen vanilla with black pattern, ventral abdomen vanilla with faint dark markings, legs yellow, palps yellow, female copulatory organs with proximal seminal ducts long and uncoiled, accessory gland in spermatheca large. Dimensions: paratype, 2.3 mm CL, 0.77 AEW/CL, 0.49 AMEW/CL, 0.80 CW/CL, 0.74 PEW/CL, 0.51 EFL/CL, 0.63 CWP/CL, 1.06 AL/CL, 0.91 AW/CL, 0.60 CH /CL, 0.057 ClH/CL, 0.40 ChH/CL, 0.43 StL/CL, 0.31 StW/CL, 0.66 (P1+T1/CL).

Distribution. Central eastern Queensland ( Fig. 10 ).

Etymology. A combination of letters, to be treated as a female noun in apposition.

Figures

Fig. 10. Distribution of location data for Prostheclina boreoaitha (D), P. eungella (m), P. boreoxantha (+) and P. bulburin (j).