Sarax mardua Rahmadi, Harvey & Kojima, 2010

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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.

Figures

Fig. 103. Map plotting known distributions of species of Sarax Simon, 1892 in Southeast Asia and Oceania, with insets for Singapore (A), eastern Borneo (B), and western West Papua (C).