Mt Manning Mouse Spider Missulena manningensis Greenberg, Huey, Framenau & Harms, 2021

Fauna Portal species: 11771
Family: Actinopodidae


manningensis

Missulena manningensismale, dorsal (WAM T92071; Mt Manning area, Western Australia)

Image: Greenberg et al. (2021; fig. 11A)

Fauna Portal Image No. 5176

Diagnosis

(after Greenberg et al. 2021): Males share with M. davidi, ­M. iugum, ­M. langlandsi, M. occatoria and M. insignis, the closest morphological matches, the red colouration of the chelicerae­ and­ pars­cephalica.­ They­ differ­ from­ M. langlandsi­ by­ a ­longer­ carapace­ (>3.00­ mm;­ M. langlandsi up to 2.8 mm) and the presence of strong, conical spines of the rastellum (simple in M. langlandsi).­They­ differ­ from M. occataria and M. insignis by the lack of spines ventrally­ on­ patellae­ III ­and ­IV­ (at­t he­ most­ 1­thickened­ seta). Pars cephalica lower than in M. occataria (up to 1.96;­ M. occataria­ approx.­ 3.0)­ and ­carapace­ shorter­ (3.6­ long,­ 4.61­ wide;­ M. occataria­ approx.­ 5.0 ­long,­ 7.0­ wide).­ More ­cuspules­ on­ the­ labium­ and­ maxillae­ than­ in­ M. insignis but less than in M. davidi­ ­(M. insignis: none;­ M. manningensis: ­5­ at­ labium,­ 30 ­at ­maxillae;­ M. davidi­ :­15–10 ­at­ labium,­ 35–100­ at­maxillae).­ Lacks­ a­ ridged­ cheliceral­ groove­ which ­is­ present­ in M. iugum­.

Status

  • native

Linnean Holotype

1 ♂
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Western Australian Museum
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T92071
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21 June 2008
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Mt­ Manning­ area

Australia

  • Western Australia

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Publications

Greenberg M.R., Huey J.A., Framenau V.W. & Harms D. (2021): Three new species of mouse spider (Araneae: Actinopodidae: Missulena Walckenaer, 1805) from Western Australia, including an assessment of intra­ specific variability in a widespread species from the arid biome. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 79: 509 - 533


Volker Framenau, 14 February 2023