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Maratus kiwirrkurra Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov.
No full textMaratus kiwirrkurra Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov. (FIGURES 1 A, D, G, 2A‒K, 3) Material examined. MALE HOLOTYPE (WAM-T138587) from Australia, Western Australia, Bush Blitz, Kiwirkurra indigenous protected area, S03, Lake Mackay, salt lake, 22°29'S, 128°22'E, 367 m, B. Baehr, 8‒18 Sep. 2015, pitfall traps. Etymology. The specific name in apposition refers to the type locality and recognises the community of the Kiwirrkurra indigenous protected area. Diagnosis. This small species belongs to the Maratus chrysomelas group, having a wide rimmed embolic disc covered with frontal ridges. There is no retrolateral process of the embolic disc. M. kiwirrkurra can be separated from other species of this group by the prosoma and opisthosoma being covered with cinnamon and white setae in a mottled manner, an adaptation for crypsis in the sand of the Gibson Desert (Fig. 2 C). Description. Male (Holotype, WAM-T138587). Total length 2.84. Prosoma 1.49 long, 1.13 wide, pl/pw 1.11; sternum 0.63 long, 0.47 wide, sl/sw 1.34; opisthosoma 1.35 long, 1.06 wide; opisthosoma longer than wide, ol/ ow1.27. Ocular quadrangle 0.67 long. Anterior eye row 0.95, posterior eye row 1.01 wide. AME largest; posterior eye group width 0.99 of caput width; AME 0.31; ALE 0.19; PME 0.16; PLE 0.06; AME‒AME 0.03; AME‒ALE 0.04; PME‒PME 0.91; PME‒PLE 0.14; ALE‒PLE 0.16. Clypeus 0.21 high. Paturon with no promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Length of leg III, femur: 1.08, patella: 0.45, tibia: 0.70, metatarsus: 0.61, tarsus: 0.43, length of metatarsus III 0.87 the length of tibia III. Leg formula: 3421. Dorsal part and sides of prosoma cinnamon brown, with faint reticular pattern, margin black. Ocular quadrangle darker around eyes black, covered with white and cinnamon setae. AME and ALE with cinnamon fringe (Figs 2 A, C, E, F). Endites, labium, chelicerae pale and sternum pale; opisthosoma cinnamon with darker patches, covered with white and cinnamon setae, with longer white setae posteriorly; venter cinnamon with darker brown book-lung covers, covered with white setae. Leg III pale cinnamon covered with white setae. Male palp (Figs 1 A, D, G, 2H‒K): cymbium short, 1.6 times longer than wide, covered with long black setae at prolateral margin and white setae dorsally, tip stout with distal scopula. Embolic disc longer than wide (Fig. 1 D), with narrow retrolateral groove (Fig. 1 G), frontally a few half-moon shaped ridges at anterior part and longitudinal ridges at posterior part reaching the end of the embolus (Fig. 1 D); embolus broad, flattened, embolus tip twisted, opening at frontal part (Fig. 1 A); retrobasal tegular lobe (TL) broad (Fig. 2 I); retrolateral tibial apophysis broadly conical (Fig. 2 K). Female. Unknown Distribution. Known only from Lake Mackay (Fig. 3) at Kiwirrkurra indigenous protected area, in the Gibson Desert, Eastern Western Australia.Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 4154 (5) on pages 503-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25578
FIGURE 7 in The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species
No full textFIGURE 7 (A‒I). Maratus anomalus group males: A, D, G, M. anomalus (Karsch, 1878) (QM-S56273); B, E, H, M. julianneae Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov. holotype (QM-S96325); C, F, I, Maratus michaelorum Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov. holotype (QM- S80074); A‒C, palpal tip with embolic disc; D‒F, embolic disc frontal view; G‒I, palpal tip retrolateral view, with retrolateral groove at embolic tip and semicircular lateral process of embolic disc.Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 4154 (5) on page 510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25578
FIGURE 3 in The first described male Tube-web Spider for mainland Australia: Ariadna kiwirrkurra sp. nov. (Araneae: Segestriidae)
No full textFIGURE 3 (A–I). Ariadna kiwirrkurra, Baehr & Whyte sp. nov., male (WAM-T138053). A habitus, dorsal view; B habitus, lateral view; C habitus, ventral view; D prosoma, anterior view; E sternum; F right leg I, prolateral view; G male palp, prolateral view; H same, dorsal view; I same, retrolateral view. Scale bars 1mm except D 0.1mm.Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The first described male Tube-web Spider for mainland Australia: Ariadna kiwirrkurra sp. nov. (Araneae: Segestriidae), pp. 595-599 in Zootaxa 4189 (3) on page 597, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/16623
Ariadna kiwirrkurra Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov.
No full textAriadna kiwirrkurra Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov. (FIGURE 1 A–C, 2, 3 A–I, 4 A–F) Material examined. Holotype male (WAM-T138053) from Australia: Western Australia, Kiwirrkurra, SSS1, 22°51'56"S, 127°45'41"E, 449m, B. Baehr et.al., 8–18 Sep. 2015, vertebrate traps. Paratypes: 3 males (WAM-T138054) same as previous; 2 males (WAM-T138052), Kiwirrkurra SSS2, 22°48'42"S, 127°49'52"E, 436m, B. Baehr, et al. 8–18 Sep. 2015, vertebrate traps; 1 male (QM-S96340) same as previous. Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Kiwirrkurra in the Gibson Desert is one of Australia's most recent Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA). Diagnosis. Ariadna kiwirrkurra can be separated from A. decatetracantha Main, 1954 in having a fovea as an indented pit (A. decatetracantha has no fovea); from A. thyrianthina Simon, 1908 by the oval opisthosoma (opisthosoma cylindrical in A. thyrianthina); from Ariadna burchelli (Hogg, 1900) by the absence of any opisthosomal pattern (A. burchelli has an opisthosomal pattern); from A. octospinata (Lamb, 1911) by PME in line of PLE (PME placed behind the line of PLE in A. octospinata) and from A. dysderina L. Koch, 1873 by the round PME (PME oval in A. dysderina). A. kiwirrkurra can be separated from the remaining non mainland Australian Ariadna species, in having the long paturon forward directed with lateral condyle; and a large globular palpal bulb at least twice the diameter of the tibia. Description. Male (Holotype, WAM-T138053). Total length 7.18. Prosoma 3.72 long, 2.84 wide, pl/pw 1.31; sternum 2.55 long, 1.29 wide, sl/sw 1.97, nearly 2 x as long as wide; opisthosoma 3.46 long, 2.56 wide. Eyes, anterior eye row narrower than posterior eye row; lateral and median eyes contiguous; eyes arranged in 3 closely spaced diads; PME largest; ALE 0.18; PME 0.19; PLE 0.18; ALE-ALE 0.33; PME-PLE 0.13. Clypeus 0.14 high. Prosoma dark brown, oval, reticulated, posteriorly concave (Fig. 3 A), sides rebordered and slightly undulated, fovea an indented pit. Chelicerae dark brown, directed forward; paturon twice as long as wide with lateral condyles, promargin with 3 (Fig. 4 B), retromargin with 1 tiny tooth, fangs short directed medially (Fig. 4 A). Endites, labium, medium brown, tips of endites white (Fig. 4 B); sternum pale sides darker (Fig. 3 A); opisthosoma oval, dark brown without any pattern; venter medium brown, booklungs pale (Fig. 38). Endites: serrula a single row of teeth (Fig. 3 D). Legs robust, yellow; leg I, II: distal part of femur, patella and tibia dark brown; metatarsus I with prolateral tubercle (Fig. 3 F, 4C, D), superior tarsal claw I and II with about 13 teeth (Fig. 4 E), claw III and IV with about 7 medially situated teeth (Fig. 4 F), inferior claw tiny, without teeth (Fig. 4 F). Tarsus IV ventrally swollen (Fig. 4 F). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Leg measurements: I, femur 3.36, patella 1.15, tibia 2.90, metatarsus 2.60, tarsus 1.02, total 10.13; II, 3.07, 1.26, 2.75, 2.73, 0.93, 10.74; III, 2.54, 0.73, 1.72, 1.66, 0.85, 7.50; IV, 3.17, 1.08, 2.33, 1.98, 0.96, 9.16. Leg spination (only surfaces bearing spines are listed): I: femur d1-1-1, p3ap,dr1ap; patella p1ap; tibia p1-1-1-1-1, vp2-2-2-1, vr1-1-1-1, r1-1-1-1-1-1-1; metatarsus p1-0-0-1, r1-0-0-1; II: femur d1-1-1-1, dp2ap,dr2ap; tibia p1-1-1, vp1-1-1, vr1-1-1-1, r1-1-1-1-1-1-1; metatarsus p1-1-1, v1, r1-1- 1-1; III: femur d1-1-1-1, dp2ap,dr2ap; tibia p1-1-1, v1, r1-1-1-1; metatarsus p1-1-1, v1, vr1-1, r1-1; IV: femur d1-1-1-1- 1; metatarsus r1. Male palp (Figs 3 G-I): cymbium short, dorsally indented about as long as wide, covered with black setae (Fig. 3 H); large globular palpal bulb twice the diameter of the tibia (Figs 3 G, I), embolus long and thin; tip s-shaped (Figs 3 G, I). Female. Unknown Distribution. Known only from the Kiwirrkurra IPA in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia (Fig. 1 A–C).Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The first described male Tube-web Spider for mainland Australia: Ariadna kiwirrkurra sp. nov. (Araneae: Segestriidae), pp. 595-599 in Zootaxa 4189 (3) on pages 595-597, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/16623
Maratus eliasi Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Maratus eliasi</i> Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov. <p>(FIGURES 11 A, D, G, 12A‒I)</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> MALE HOLOTYPE (QM-S96335) from Australia, Queensland, Nuga Nuga National Park, 24°59’S, 148°40’E, M. Girard and D. Elias, 20 Oct. 2015, hand coll. PARATYPES: 1 male (QM-S73641) from Australia, Queensland, Boomer Ra. Mongrel Scub, 23°12’S, 149°46’E, G. Monteith, 16 Dec. 1999 ‒ 22 Mar. 2000, intercept.</p> <p> <b>Records.</b> 1 male, Australia, Queensland, Tregole National Park, 26°29’S, 147°06’E, M. Girard and D. Elias, 20 Oct. 2015, hand coll, deposited in M. Girard’s collection.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name is a patronym in honour of Dr Damian Elias, who helped to discover new populations of <i>M. eliasi</i> while assisting his wife, Madeline Girard who was collecting specimens for her PhD work.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>M. eliasi</i> belongs to the <i>digitatus</i> group in having inflatable spinnerets (Fig. 12 A) <i>M. eliasi</i> is closely related to <i>M. digitatus</i> (mentioned in Otto & Hill, 2015: fig. 37 as <i>Maratus</i> cf. <i>digitatus</i>) sharing a nearly identical prosomal colour pattern and in having a larger pair of semicircular, iridescent, flaps which are uniformly dark green in <i>M. digitatus</i>.</p> <p> <i>M. eliasi</i> can be separated from <i>M. digitatus</i> by its opisthosomal colour pattern (golden and striped flaps) (Fig. 12 A) and its shorter embolic tip (Figs 11 B, E).</p> <p> <b>Description. Male</b> (Holotype, QM-S96335). Total length 3.98. Prosoma 2.12 long, 1.60 wide, pl/pw 1.32; sternum 0.91 long, 0.52 wide, sl/sw 1.75; abdomen 1.86 long, 1.44 wide; abdomen wider than long when inflated, (ol/ow 0.68; QM-S73641). Ocular quadrangle 0.93 long. Anterior eye row 1.51, posterior eye row 1.54 wide. AME largest; posterior eye group width 0.92 of caput width; AME 0.47; ALE 0.27; PME 0.23; PLE 0.08; AME‒AME 0.04; AME‒ALE 0.03; PME‒PME 1.19; PME‒PLE 0.180; ALE‒PLE 0.22. Clypeus 0.22 high. Paturon with no promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Length of leg III, femur: 1.54, patella: 0.65, tibia: 0.88, metatarsus: 0.75, tarsus: 0.52; metatarsus III 0.85 the length of tibia III. Leg formula: 3421. Prosoma dark brown; ocular quadrangle covered with golden setae scattered with white setae forming three bands, sides with a fringe, a posterior median patch and two lateral patches of white setae; AME and ALE dorsally with a fringe of golden setae, ventrally with a fringe of white setae. Endites distally pale; labium, chelicerae and sternum medium brown with darker reticulation; opisthosoma bluish iridescent, a dancing monster with a red head and arms and blue eyes when seen from the front, flaps golden with one black and two white stripes; venter pale. Leg I‒IV covered with white setae; tibiae and metatarsi I‒IV dark brown tarsi I‒IV pale. Male palp (Figs 11 A, D, G, 12G‒I): cymbium short, 1.6 times longer than wide, covered with white setae, prolateral distal half with stronger dark satae; tip stout with distal scopula. Embolic disc wider than long, with broad, flat front and flat retrolateral groove; with few small tooth-like denticules at the retrocentral part of the disc; embolus tip with triangular retrolateral ridge embolic opening pipe or chimney-shaped; finger-like lateral process of embolic disc with pancake-stack shaped retrolateral ridges; tegular shoulder with cone-shaped lamella (LTS); retrobasal tegular lobe (TL) with broader tip only prolateral side concave (Fig. 12 H); patella and tibia covered with long white setae covering 1/2 of the cymbium retolaterally; retrolateral tibial apophysis narrow, finger-shaped.</p> <p> <b>Female.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from Queensland.</p>Published as part of <i>Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 4154 (5)</i> on pages 515-518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/255783">http://zenodo.org/record/255783</a>
Maratus licunxini Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov.
No full textMaratus licunxini Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov. (FIGURES 1 C, F, I, 4A‒I, 5A‒F, 6) Material examined. MALE HOLOTYPE (QM-S96330) from Australia, Queensland, Bush Blitz, Carnarvon Station Homestead, 24°48’S, 147°45’E, 755 m, B. Baehr, 10 Oct. 2014, hand coll. PARATYPES: 2 male, 1 female (QM-S96331), same data as holotype, S. Wright, J. Wilson, 12 Oct. 2014, shallow pit fall pans. Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honour of the artistic director of the Queensland Ballet Li Cunxin, who is well known for his passionate dancing performances, now motivating his dancers, giving them guidance and vision. Diagnosis. M. licunxini belongs to the Maratus fimbriatus group with a shiny black opisthosoma and enormous white bluish iridescent setae along the sides. M. licunxin can be separated from M. fimbriatus by the shiny black opisthosoma with an inverted Y-shaped patch of dense white setae at the anterior edge and a chimneylike embolus opening at the prolateral part of the embolus (Fig. 1 F). Description. Male (holotype, QM-S96330). Total length 3.94. Prosoma 1.99 long, 1.45 wide, pl/pw 1.37; sternum 0.87 long, 0.57 wide, sl/sw 1.52; abdomen 1.95 long, 1.60 wide; abdomen longer than wide, ol/ow1.21. Ocular quadrangle 0.81 long. Anterior eye row 1.16, posterior eye row 1.11 wide. AME largest; posterior eye group width 0.86 of caput width; AME 0.38; ALE 0.24; PME 0.20; PLE 0.05; AME‒AME 0.05; AME‒ALE 0.04; PME‒PME 1.11; PME‒PLE 0.20; ALE‒PLE 0.33. Clypeus 0.21 high. Paturon with no promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Length of leg III, femur: 1.44, patella: 0.60, tibia: 0.82, metatarsus: 0.77, length of metatarsus III 0.94 the length the length of tibia III, tarsus: 0.49. Leg formula: 3421. Prosoma dark brown, margin black, covered with black and white setae. Ocular quadrangle dark brown; AME with white fringe, frontally with a line of long black setae, sides of prosoma with a band and an elongated central patch of white setae. Endites, labium and chelicerae pale, sternum cinnamon with dark reticular pattern; opisthosoma black, shiny, sparsely covered with long, erect black setae; at the anterior corner of the opisthosoma an inverted Y-shaped patch of dense white setae; venter cinnamon, with reticulated bands along the sides; sides with long dense fringe of bluish iridescent setae. Leg I‒IV cinnamon with dark reticular pattern, femur I thickly covered with black setae (Fig. 4 E). Male palp (Figs 4 G‒I): cymbium short, 1.6 times longer than wide, thickly covered with long white setae, prolateral margin with long black setae; tip stout with dark distal scopula. Embolic disc as long as wide, with deep lateral groove; dorsally with broad flat front, embolus with wide area of ridges retrolaterally; embolic tip chimney-shaped; without lateral process of embolic disc (Figs 1 C, F, I); retrobasal tegular lobe (TL) with long, broad v-shaped tip only prolateral side concave (Fig. 4 H); Palpal femur dorsally covered with long black setae, base of patella with shorter black setae, distal part and tibia, densely covered with white setae; retrolateral tibial apophysis long and finger-shaped (Fig. 4 I). Female (Paratype, QM-S96331). Total length 4.73. Prosoma 2.46 long, 1.78 wide, pl/pw 1.38; sternum 1.09 long, 0.64 wide, sl/sw 1.52; abdomen 2.28 long, 1.64 wide; abdomen longer than wide, ol/ow1.39. Ocular quadrangle 0.86 long. Anterior eye row 1.39, posterior eye row 1.41 wide. AME largest; posterior eye group width 0.89 of caput width; AME 0.43; ALE 0.26; PME 0.23; PLE 0.07; AME‒AME 0.05; AME‒ALE 0.04; PME‒PME 1.12; PME‒PLE 0.21; ALE‒PLE 0.32. Clypeus 0.12 high. Paturon with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Prosoma dark brown covered with black setae. Ocular quadrangle black; AME with white fringe. Endites, labium and chelicerae, sternum medium brown with dark reticular pattern; opisthosoma dark brown with lighter reticular pattern; venter cinnamon, with reticulated bands along the sides. Leg I‒IV cinnamon with dark reticular pattern. Epigyne (Figs 5 E, F) with large semicircular windows and median septum, copulatory opening (CO) close to median septum, primary spermatheca sausage-shaped. Accessory glands at anterior part of copulatory ducts; fertilisation ducts to the side of primary spermathecae. Remarks. Males and a female have been collected together but no courtship behaviour has been observed. The conspecifity may be established when the courtship of this species is observed and the DNA is tested. Distribution. Known only from Carnarvon Station (Fig. 6) in Central Queensland. FIGURE 6. Carnarvon Station Homestead, 24°48’S, 147°45’E, 755 m.Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 4154 (5) on pages 506-509, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25578
Evolution of the G+C content frontier in the rat cytomegalovirus genome
No full textWithin the 230138 bp of the rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV) genome, the G+C content changes abruptly at position 142644, constituting a G+C content frontier. To the left of this point, overall G+C content is 69.2%, and to the right it is only 47.6%. A region of extremely low G+C content (33.8%) is found in the 5 kb immediately to the right of the frontier, in which there are no predicted coding sequences. To the right of position 147501, the G+C content rises and predicted coding sequences reappear. However, these genes are much shorter (average 848bp, 50% G+C) than those in the left two-thirds of the genome (average 1462bp, 70% G+C). Whole genome alignment of several viruses indicates that the initial ultra-low G+C region appeared in the common ancestor of the genera Cytomegalovirus and Muromegalovirus, and that the lowering of G+C in the right third has been a subsequent process in the lineage leading to RCMV. The left two-thirds of RCMV has stop codon occurrences at 67.5% of their expected level, based on a modified Markov chain model of stop codon distribution, and the corresponding figure for the right third is 78%. Therefore, despite heavy mutation pressure, selective constraint has operated in the right third of the RCMV genome to maintain a degree of gene length unusual for such low G+C sequences
Maratus ottoi Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov.
No full textMaratus ottoi Baehr & Whyte, sp. nov. (FIGURES 11 B, E, H, 13A‒I) Material examined. MALE HOLOTYPE (QM-S96332) from Australia, south-east Queensland, Venman Bushland National Park, 27°37’S, 153°12’E, M. Doe, 10 Nov. 2015. ALLOTYPE: 1 female (QM-S96333), same data as previous, M. Duncan. PARATYPE: 1female (QM-S96334), same data as previous; 1 male (QM-S35068), south-east Queensland, Rochdale State Forest, 27°37’S, 153°09’E, V. Davies, R. Raven, 6 Sep. 1979. Remarks. Maratus ottoi was known from black and white drawings in a publication by Davies & Żabka (1989: 237, fig. 40), based on a male, collected by Val Davies and Robert Raven in 1979 in the Rochedale State Forest (QM-S35068). At that time it was not named. In 2015 live individuals were found by Madeline Girard, Michael Doe and Michael Duncan in the Venman Bushland National Park (QM-S96333, S96334). Dance: You tube Peacock Spider 15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my5AqKpC-Rs). Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honour of Dr Jürgen Otto, one of Australia’s most accomplished Maratus experts. Diagnosis. M. ottoi is closely related to M. eliasi sharing a nearly identical prosomal colour pattern (Figs 12 A, 13A) and a similar embolic disc (Figs 11 A, B). M. ottoi can be separated from M. eliasi by having a different opisthosomal colour pattern with no red posterior markings but an octopus-like pattern anteriorly (this species had the nickname “Mr Octopus”) (Fig. 13 A) with tooth like denticules at the retrocentral part of the embolus (Fig. 11 B) and a slightly rounded embolic tip (Fig. 11 E). Description. Male (Holotype, QM-S96332). Total length 4.11. Prosoma 2.11 long, 1.74 wide, pl/pw 1.21; sternum 1.00 long, 0.56 wide, sl/sw 1.78; abdomen 2.00 long, 1.40 wide, not inflated. Ocular quadrangle 0.99 long. Anterior eye row 1.53, posterior eye row 1.52 wide. AME largest; posterior eye group width 0.87 of caput width; AME 0.47; ALE 0.28; PME 0.20; PLE 0.08; AME‒AME 0.05; AME‒ALE 0.04; PME‒PME 1.26; PME‒PLE 0.20; ALE‒PLE 0.31. Clypeus 0.16 high. Paturon with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Length of leg III, femur: 1.72, patella: 0.70, tibia: 0.91, metatarsus: 0.87, tarsus: 0.53; metatarsus III 0.94 the length of tibia III. Leg formula: 3421. Prosoma dark brown sides cinnamon with dark reticulation; ocular quadrangle covered with golden setae scattered with white setae, sides with a fringe, and two lateral patches of white setae just behind the PME; AME and ALE dorsally with a fringe of golden setae, ventrally with a fringe of white seatae. Endites, labium, chelicerae and sternum pale with darker reticulation; opisthosoma dark with patterns of bluish iridescent setae forming an “octopus pattern”, with two red lateral arms when seen from the front; venter pale with irregular black dots. Leg I, II, IV pale with darker spots, covered with white setae; leg III: femur medium brown, patella cinnamon, tibia and metatarsus dark brown tarsus white. Male palp (Figs 11 B, E, H, 13G‒I): cymbium short, 1.6 times longer than wide, covered with long white setae; tip stout with distal scopula. Embolic disc wider than long, with smooth flat rim, no longitudinal ridges but tooth-like denticules at the retrocentral part of the embolus; embolus tip with rounded retrolateral ridge, embolus opening at dorsal part of the ridge; (Fig. 11 E); lateral process of embolic disc compact with longitudinal pancake-stack shaped lamellae (Fig. 11 H); tegular shoulder with coneshaped lamella (LTS); retrobasal tegular lobe (TL) with narrow tip only prolateral side strongly concave (Fig. 13 H); retolateral part of patella and tibia covered with long white setae covering 1/2 of the cymbium; retrolateral tibial apophysis narrow, finger-shaped (Fig. 13 I). Female (Allotype, QM-S96333). Total length 4.54. Prosoma 2.36 long, 1.82 wide, pl/pw 1.30; sternum 0.92 long, 0.58 wide, sl/sw 1.58; abdomen 2.17 long, 1.73 wide; abdomen longer than wide, ol/ow1.56. Ocular quadrangle 0.93 long. Anterior eye row 1.73, posterior eye row 1.70 wide. AME largest; posterior eye group width 0.93 of caput width; AME 0.52; ALE 0.29; PME 0.26; PLE 0.07; AME‒AME 0.05; AME‒ALE 0.05; PME‒PME 1.45; PME‒PLE 0.19; ALE‒PLE 0.20. Clypeus 0.14 high. Paturon with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Prosoma cinnamon with darker reticulation covered with black setae. Ocular quadrangle black, indented at middle; AME and ALE with white fringe. Endites, labium, chelicerae and sternum pale; opisthosoma dark brown with cinnamon sides and inverted v-shaped pattern dorsally; venter pale. Leg I‒IV cinnamon with darker spots. Epigyne (Figs 14 G, H) with large semicircular windows, and a median septum, copulatory opening (CO) close to median septum, primary spermatheca large nearly circular, secondary spermatheca much smaller, circular. Accessory glands at anterior part of secondary spermatheca, fertilisation ducts laterally of primary spermathecae. Distribution. Known only from the greater Brisbane area in Queensland.Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 4154 (5) on pages 518-522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25578
Continuity and change in a partitioned civil society : Whyte revisited
No full textRevised version of a paper presented at the final conference of the Mapping frontiers, plotting pathways: routes to North-South cooperation in a divided island programme, City Hotel, Armagh, 19-20 January 2006.This paper revisits John Whyte’s seminal 1983 article “The permeability of the United Kingdom-Irish border: a preliminary reconnaissance” (Whyte, 1983). The objective
is to explore hypotheses Whyte put forward as to why some private organisations are all-Ireland while others follow the international boundary. He suggested that two variables are crucial in explaining this: the nature of the organisation’s activities and the date of its foundation. He also identified a lack of readily available information on foundation dates. To overcome this lacuna we carried out a survey of private organisations to ascertain their foundation date, area of activity and what if any territorial reconfiguring they have undergone. Using the same functional categories as Whyte our research is generally supportive of his initial findings. Civil society can act as a counter-force to the boundary reinforcing dynamics of separate state developments.Not applicableti ke se - 100706 RB
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