Mt Manning Mouse Spider Missulena manningensis Greenberg, Huey, Framenau & Harms, 2021
Fauna Portal species: 11771
Missulena manningensismale, dorsal (WAM T92071; Mt Manning area, Western Australia)
Image: Greenberg et al. (2021; fig. 11A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5176Diagnosis
(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
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(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