Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae)
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Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). / Framenau, Volker W.; Vink, Cor J.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Baptista, Renner L. C.; Castanheira, Pedro de S.
In: Zoosystematics and Evolution, Vol. 97, No. 2, 2021, p. 393-405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae)
AU - Framenau, Volker W.
AU - Vink, Cor J.
AU - Scharff, Nikolaj
AU - Baptista, Renner L. C.
AU - Castanheira, Pedro de S.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993 (family Araneidae Clerck, 1757) is reviewed to include two species, N. trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) (type species, Australia and New Zealand) and N. boletus sp. nov. (Australia). Novakiella belongs to the informal, largely Australian 'backobourkiine' clade and shares with the other genera of the clade a single macroseta on the male pedipalp patella and a median apophysis of the male pedipalp that forms an arch over the radix. The proposed genus synapomorphies are the presence of a large basal conductor lobe expanding apically over the radix and the shape of the median apophysis, which extends into a basally directed, pointy projection. Males have an apico-prolateral spur on the tibia of the second leg that carries a distinct spine. Females have an epigyne with triangular base plate bearing transverse ridges and an elongate triangular scape, which is almost always broken off. The humeral humps of the abdomen are distinct. Novakiella trituberculosa build characteristic dome-shaped webs; however, the foraging behaviour and web-shape ofN. boletus sp. nov., currently only known from museum specimens, are not known.
AB - The orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993 (family Araneidae Clerck, 1757) is reviewed to include two species, N. trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) (type species, Australia and New Zealand) and N. boletus sp. nov. (Australia). Novakiella belongs to the informal, largely Australian 'backobourkiine' clade and shares with the other genera of the clade a single macroseta on the male pedipalp patella and a median apophysis of the male pedipalp that forms an arch over the radix. The proposed genus synapomorphies are the presence of a large basal conductor lobe expanding apically over the radix and the shape of the median apophysis, which extends into a basally directed, pointy projection. Males have an apico-prolateral spur on the tibia of the second leg that carries a distinct spine. Females have an epigyne with triangular base plate bearing transverse ridges and an elongate triangular scape, which is almost always broken off. The humeral humps of the abdomen are distinct. Novakiella trituberculosa build characteristic dome-shaped webs; however, the foraging behaviour and web-shape ofN. boletus sp. nov., currently only known from museum specimens, are not known.
KW - dome-shaped orb-web
KW - new species
KW - systematics
KW - taxonomy
U2 - 10.3897/zse.97.67788
DO - 10.3897/zse.97.67788
M3 - Review
VL - 97
SP - 393
EP - 405
JO - Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin)
JF - Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin)
SN - 0373-8493
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 275830487