Molecular and morphological evidence for a new genus of small trapdoor spiders from arid Western Australia (Araneae : Mygalomorphae : Nemesiidae : Anaminae)
Mark A. Castalanelli A B , Joel A. Huey A C D , Mia J. Hillyer A and Mark S. Harvey A C D E F G
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A Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, Australia.
B EcoDiagnostics, 147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, Western Australia 6014, Australia.
C Adjunct, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
D Adjunct, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
E Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West & 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.
F Research Associate, Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
G Corresponding author. Email: mark.harvey@museum.wa.gov.au
Invertebrate Systematics 31(4) 492-505 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS16061
Submitted: 27 August 2016 Accepted: 27 March 2017 Published: 27 July 2017
Abstract
The trapdoor spider family Nemesiidae comprises 14 genera in Australia, the majority of which are included in the subfamily Anaminae. Here we provide evidence from a multigene molecular analysis of most Australian genera of Anaminae for a previously unrecognised clade that also differs from its sister-genus, Aname L. Koch, by the lack of a prominent asetose ventral depression on the pedipalpal tibia and the medium-sized mating spur on tibia I of males. This depression is a characteristic of all species of Aname examined to date, and represents a newly recognised character system in the subfamily. The new genus, named Hesperonatalius, is represented by three new species – H. maxwelli, sp. nov., H. harrietae, sp. nov. and H. langlandsi, sp. nov. – all from arid Western Australia.
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Additional keywords: arid zone, molecular systematics, morphology, systematics.
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