Jotus karllagerfeldi
- Dataset
- The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Baehr, Barbara C., Schubert, Joseph, Harms, Danilo (2019): The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 3 (1): 53-73, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Salticidae
- genus
- Jotus
- species
- Jotus karllagerfeldi
description
Description. Male (Holotype QM S 108791). Total length 5.3. Prosoma. Length 2.8, width 2.1; carapace black with sandy pale setae at lateral margin and chevrons on the back, eye region black dusted with pale setae front eye row surrounded by white setae; (Fig. 1 A); sternum length 1.2, width 0.7, pale margin dusted with grey (Fig. 8 B). Eyes (Figs 1 A). Diameter of AME: 0.42; ALE: 0.28; PME: 0.25; PLE: 0.08. Front eyes with fringe of white setae. Eye rows (Fig. 8 A). Anterior 1.64 wide, posterior 1.53 wide. Clypeus (Fig. 1 A). Length 0.2, black, covered with long white setae. Chelicerae. Black, paturon with 0 prolateral and 2 retrolateral teeth. Labium. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 8 B) Endites. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 8 B). Legs. Legs I-IV black and white annulated, tarsi white. Leg I femur - metatarsus retrolaterally covered with long black paddle-shaped setae; tibia I with long white setae (Fig. 1 A). Opisthosoma. Length 2.5, width 1.7; with blackish median band and lateral bands of pale setae (Fig. 1 B). Venter greyish with pale lateral bands (Fig. 8 B); spinnerets pale. Pedipalps (Figs 1 A, 8 D-E, 12 G). Pedipalpal femur with cluster of long white setae dorsally; tibia as long as broad with straight finger-shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis, slightly bent at tip; cymbium oval, black, covered with long white setae distally, tip stout with distal scopula. Embolic disc broad at base, strongly u-shaped, embolus pointed, accompanied of leaf-shaped conductor (Fig. 8 D, 12 G arrow). Female unknown.
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Males of J. karllagerfeldi sp. nov. differ from congeners by the legs and pedipalps that are annulated black and white (Figs 1 A-C); the embolic disc basally broadened and strongly u-shaped; and the pointed embolus that is accompanied by a leaf-shaped conductor (Fig. 8 D, 12 G arrow).
distribution
Distribution. Only known from the type locality and the life images (Fig. 14).
etymology
Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honour of the late Karl Lagerfeld, the " kind of fashion nymphomaniac that never gets an orgasm " (K. Lagerfeld, Quote). Karl Lagerfeld inspired us with his unique sense of design and this new spider with big black eyes and white kent collar reminds us of his later looks - a fashion icon in black and white. Karl grew up in Hamburg and had a keen sense of business; similar to Johann Cesar Godeffroy more than a century before him who financed the first major zoological expeditions to Australia.
materials_examined
Material examined. Holotype male: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Lake Broadwater via Dalby, open forest [27 ° 21 ' S, 151 ° 05 ' E] (QM S 108791), coll. F. & L. Wood, 19 April 1984.
materials_examined
Other material examined. Only known from type specimen and the life images taken from Mark Newton on the banks of the Murray River of Morgan [34 ° 01 ' S, 139 ° 40 ' E] and Blanchetown [34 ° 21 ' S, 139 ° 37 ' E] and Thompson Beach [34 ° 29 ' S, 139 ° 17 ' E] in South Australia.
Name
- Homonyms
- Jotus karllagerfeldi