Iridonyssus formicans, Raven, 2015

Iridonyssus formicans View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 44a–d View FIGURE 44 , 45a–d View FIGURE 45 . Map 22)

Material. Queensland: holotype ♂, Lake Broadwater via Dalby (Site 7), 27°21'S, 151°06'E, river gums, pitfall, 16 May–23 Nov 1985, G. Thompson, QM S39576 View Materials . Paratypes GoogleMaps : Queensland: 1♂, Toomba Station, site 1, 19°58'S, 145°34'E, open forest, pitfall, 14–16 Dec 2006, G. Monteith, D. Cook, QM S76659 ; 1♂, same data but, site 2, softwood scrub, 15 Dec 2006 – 13 Feb 2007, QM S76612 . Beerwah Forestry Reserve, 26°51'S, 152°57'E, heathland, pitfall, M. Glover: 1♂, 9 Aug 1990, QM S39568 ; 1♂, 10 Oct 1990, QM S39536 View Materials . 1♂ 1♀, East Woodmillar Top , 25°41'S, 151°36'E, open forest, pitfall, 25 Jan–7 Jun 1999, G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QM S60900 ; 1♂, Eight Mile Ck , 18°41'S, 144°42'E, dry eucalypt forest, pitfall, 1 Dec 1992 – 14 Apr 1993, R. J. & S. Raven, P. & E. Lawless, QM S22896 View Materials ; 1♀, Enoggera Reservoir , site 1, 27°26'S, 152°55'E, open forest, pitfall, 7 Aug–16 Oct 1999, G. Monteith, QM S56380 View Materials ; 1♂, Gayndah, hospital hill , 25°38'S 151°36'E, scrub remnant, pitfall, 25 Jan–2 Jun 1999, G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QM S55395 View Materials ; 1♂, same data but, 11 Oct–18 Dec 1998, G. Monteith, C. Gough, QM S52234 ; 1♂, Gold Creek Reservoir ( BCC1 View Materials ), 27°28'S, 152°52'E, open forest, pitfall, 1–30 Oct 2003, QMP, QM S65346 View Materials ; 1♂, same data but, 20 Apr–26 May 2003, C.J. Burwell, QM S65270 View Materials ; 1♂, Hurdle Gully , 14.8 km WSW Monto, 24°55'S, 150°59'E, open forest, pitfall, 20 Dec 1997 – 26 Apr 1998, G. Monteith, QM S60104 . Illaweena Street , Drewvale ( BCC1 View Materials ), 27°38'S, 153°03'E, scribbly gum, heath, pitfall, QMP: 1♂, 26 May–1 Jul 2003, QM S79656 View Materials ; 1♂, 1–31 Mar 2004, QM S79652 View Materials ; 1♂ 1♀, 2–30 Jan 2004, QM S79654 View Materials ; ♂, 29 Jul–2 Sep 2003, QM S62190 View Materials ; 1♂, 31 Oct–1 Dec 2003, QM S79653 View Materials ; 1♂ 1♀, 30 Jan–1 Mar 2004, QM S79657 View Materials ; 1♂, 2–31 Oct 2003, QM S79655 View Materials ; 1♂, 1 Dec 2003 – 2 Jan 2004, QM S79651 View Materials ; Lake Broadwater via Dalby , 27°21'S, 151°06'E, river gums, pitfall, QMP & M. Bennie: 1♂ 1♀, (Site 7), 16 May–23 Nov 1985, G. Thompson, QM S39578 View Materials , allotype, QM S39577 View Materials ; 1♀, (Site 1), 26 Jan–18 Feb 1985, QM S50448 View Materials ; 1♀, (Site 1), 3 Jan–25 Feb 1986, QM S50474 View Materials ; 1♂ 1♀, pitfall, 24 Nov 1985 – 3 Jan 1986, QMP & M. Bennie, QM S50471 View Materials ; 1♀ 1j, (Site 1), 18 Feb–25 Mar 1985 QM S50447 View Materials ; 1♂ 1♀, (Site 2), 17 May–24 Nov 1985, QM S50428 View Materials ; 1♂, Moolayember, 25°14'S, 148°37'E, open forest, pitfall, 27 Jun–6 Sep 2006, R. Raven, B. Baehr, A. Amey, QM S77186 View Materials ; 1♂, same data but site 3, 25°14'S, 148°37'E, yellow pan trap, 3–10 Mar 2006, S. Wright, C. Burwell, QM S80071 ’ 1♀, Moranbah, 5 km S, 22°20'S, 148°03'E, pitfall, 25 Jun–20 Dec 1997, G. Monteith, E. Kruck, QM S44458 View Materials ; 1♂, Mt Coot-tha , Brisbane, 27°29'S, 152°57'E, open forest, pitfall, 4–11 Nov 1987, Rhonda Grundy, QM S29481 View Materials ; 1♂, Mt Pollux , SW base, site 1, 22°28'S, 147°52'E, brigalow, pitfall, 12 Jan–5 Mar 2006, C.J. Burwell, QM S80008 View Materials ; 1♂, Mt Robert , 11 km SSW, 21°28'S, 148°27'E, belah, pitfall, 23 Oct–18 Dec 2000, D. Cook, G. Monteith, QM S56927 View Materials ; 1♂, Mt Rose , via Taroom, 25°25'S, 149°58'E, mixed scrub, pitfall, 12 Jul 1997 – 23 Sep 1997, D.J. Cook, QM S41800 View Materials ; 1♂, Mt Windsor Tbld , Whypalla SF (pitfalls 6–10), 16°12'S, 144°58'E, ironbark woodland, pitfall, Summer 1992/93, S. Burnett, QM S33192 View Materials ; 1♂, Nipping Gully (Site 3), 25°41'S, 151°25'E, open forest, pitfall, 9 Oct–18 Dec 1998, G GoogleMaps .

Monteith, C. Gough, QM S50048 View Materials ; Nipping Gully ( Site 6), 25°42'S, 151°26'E, open forest, pitfall, G. Monteith, C. Gough GoogleMaps : 1♀, 9 Oct–18 Dec 1998 QM S50108 View Materials ; 2♂ 1♀, 18 Dec 1998 – 25 Jan 1999, QM S52265 View Materials , QM S50093 View Materials ; 1♂, same data but flight intercept trap, QM S50094 View Materials . Proserpine , 20°30–33'S, 148°30–33'E, open forest, pitfall, R . Raven, C. Burwell: 1♂, Deadman Creek , site XY17, 15 Aug–6 Nov 2007, QM S85234 View Materials ; 1♂, Lilypool Site , site XY18, 15 Aug–6 Nov 2007, QM S85880 View Materials ; 1♂, Thompson Creek , site XY15, closed forest, 6 Nov 2007 – 13 Feb 2008, QM S85348 View Materials ; 1♀, Thompson Creek , site XY16, rainforest, 9 Nov 2007, R . J. Raven , QM S86605 View Materials ; 1♀, Ravenshoe , 9 km N, 17°31'S, 145°29'E, flooded gum, baited pitfall trap, 3–5 Feb 1999, G. Monteith, D. Cook, QM S50883 GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 1♀, Red Falls , basalt, 19°55'S, 145°44'E, semi-evergreen vine thicket, pitfall, 16 Dec 2006 – 15 Feb 2007, G. Monteith, D. Cook, QM S76693 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♀, St George area , 28°03'S, 148°35'E, 7 Nov 1976, R GoogleMaps . J. Raven , QM S39567 View Materials ; 1♂, Taroom district, Boggomoss #3, Mt Rose , 25°26'S, 150°01'E, open forest, pitfall, 12 Jun–9 Sep 1996, P. Lawless, QM S37195 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Taroom district, Nathan Gorge , 25°27'S, 150°08'E, riverine rainforest, pitfall, 13 Nov 1996 – 13 Jan 1997, P. Lawless, QM S37091 View Materials GoogleMaps ; Toomba Homestead site, 19°58'S, 145°34'E, open forest, pitfall, R GoogleMaps .J. Raven: 1♂, 15 Feb–8 May 2007, QM S79208 ; 1♂, 17 Dec 2006 – 13 Feb 2007, QM S79162 View Materials ; 1♀, same data but dense rainforest on basalt, 28 Sep–17 Dec 2006, R . Raven, A. Amey, B. Baehr, QM S79024 View Materials ; 1♀, Upper Brookfield , 27°30'S, 152°55'E, complex notophyll vineforest with Araucaria , litter, 30 Oct 1980, V GoogleMaps . Davies , R . Raven , QM S52191 ; 1♀, Wetheron , 3 km SW, 25°34'S, 151°42'E, open forest, pitfall, 19 Dec 1998 – 27 Jan 1999, G. Monteith, C. Gough, QM S50090 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Woodmillar ( East ), top, 25°41'S, 151°36'E, open forest, pitfall, 18 Dec 1998 – 25 Jan 1999, G. Monteith, C. Gough, QM S52266 View Materials GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Windsor Tableland , 1180m, open forest, pitfall, 24 Nov 1997 – 9 Feb 1998, G. Monteith & D. Cook, QM S91611 View Materials . New South Wales: 1♀, Pulletop (site 5P), 34°00'S, 146°05'E, C. NSW, pitfall, 3–8 Nov 1999, D. Driscoll, QM S53913 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Round Hill Nature Reserve (site 1 R), 33°03'S, 146°13'E, mallee, pitfall, 19–23 Dec 1999, D. Driscoll, QM S52930 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Medindee Lakes Trust Caravan Park , 24 Dec 1973, G. Gross, SAMA N199731 About SAMA ; male, Koorawatha National Park , 34°03'12"S, 148°35'28"E, Nov 2010, B. Baehr, Bush Blitz, AM KS114568 GoogleMaps . Victoria: 1♂ 1♀, Barmah Forest , 35°56'S, 145°03'E, forest, pitfall, Jan 2001, A. Ballinger, QM S60230 View Materials GoogleMaps . Northern Territory: 1♂, Kakadu NP, 12°23'S, 133°18'E, open forest pitfall, site B1, 25 Nov 1986, A. Anderson et al., WAM T74032 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, same data but 13 Aug 1986, WAM T74033 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, same data but 25 Jan 1987, WAM T74034 GoogleMaps . Western Australia: Mt Claremont , site MC2 , 31°57'39"S, 115°46'56"E, WAM T74035 GoogleMaps ; 2♂, 1 Sep–4 Nov 1994, J.M. Waldock, A.F. Longbottom, WAM T74036 ; 2♂, same data but 4 Nov 1994 – 19 Jan 1995, M. Harvey, WAM T74037 ; 1♂, same data but MC1 , 31°57'40"S, 115°46'00"E, J.M. Waldock, A.F. Longbottom, WAM T74038 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Zuytdorp ( ZU3 ), 27°15'40"S, 114°04'13.7"E, 26 Aug–17 Oct 1994, A. Sampey et al., Carnarvon Survey, WAM T 74039 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, E Side of Walga Rock campsite area, 27°24'07"S, 117°23'10"E, vibration, 4 Nov 1998, J.M. Waldock, WAM T74040 GoogleMaps ; female, Nedlands, Edward St , 31°59'S, 115°48'E, 15 nov 1995, A. Baynes, WAM T74041 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Eucla , 31°40'39"S, 128°52'59"S, 21 Jan 2003, under limestone rocks, M.S. Harvey, M.E. Blosfelds, WAM T74042 ; 1♂, Crowea , 34°28'S, 116°10'E, 15–22 Nov 1979, S.J. Curry, WAM T74043 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Wicherina Dam area , 28°43'40"S, 115°00'17"E, diesel vibration, 2 Nov 1998, J. Waldock, WAM T74044 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Recherche Archipelago, Hook Island , near beach, 34°02'11"S, 121°59'49"E, 16 Nov 1998, J. Waldock et al., WAM T74045 GoogleMaps ; 8 ♂, 9 ♀, Trigg Dune Bush site ( TD4 ), 31°52'30"S, 115°35'45"E., 25 Sep– 28 Nov 1995, M. Harvey, J. Waldock, WAM T74046 GoogleMaps . South Australia: 1♀, Baird Bay , 33°09'S, 134°22'E, 1997– Dec 1998, T GoogleMaps . Payne , WAM T74047 .

Diagnosis. Differs from I. kohouti sp. nov. in the brown carapace and abdomen without sheen or iridescence.

Etymology. The species epithet alludes to the ant-like appearance of the species.

Description holotype male QM S39576 View Materials

Carapace 1.76 long, 1.36 wide. Abdomen 1.76 long, 1.60 wide. Total length 3.5.

Colour: carapace brown, lightened by uniform cover of fine white hairs; evergreen black; legs, coxae dorsally all yellow; femora I and II dark brown with light large mottling; femora III and IV yellow brown with dark mottling; patellae-tarsi I–III yellowish; patella and tibia IV brown with pallid spots distally, metatarsi and tarsi IV brown; abdomen with full dark red brown dorsal scute with patches of white feathery hairs on anterior face laterally at midpoint and subterminally; ventrally, sternum orange brown, coxae yellowish, scute red brown. Carapace: Uniformly finely pustulose; all sides steep, shallow set at least 1.5 length in front of steepest posterior. Margin finely serrate. Short white feathery hairs uniformly spread. Carapace profile drops from fovea to eyes. Eyes: PME ca. two diameters apart; AME ca. one diameter apart. Cheliceral teeth: 2R, 2P. Sternum, femora and ventral coxae distinctly pustulose. Legs: femur III and more so IV with strong predistal constriction. Large white feathery hairs laterally on femora (with large black), distally on patellae and dorsally on tibiae. Scopula absent. Spines: weak on I and II, stronger on III and IV. I: fe p1d2; ti v 1.2w; me v2.2. II: fe p1d3; ti v2.2(w); me v2.2. III: fe p1d3r1; ti p2r2v1.2.1; me p2r2v0.2.0. IV: fe p2d3r1; ti p2d1r2v1.1.2; me p2r3v1.1.1.3. Palp: fe p1d2; pa 0; ti p1. Abdomen: full dorsal scute with short petiolar collar; post-epigastric sclerites long, wide; ventral scute broad, full, sides convex, hirsute with low glabrous mound at tracheal spiracle; lateral space between scutes narrow. Palp: tibia with deep ventral excavation: cymbium wide, apically truncate with 3–4 thick short black setae, apical scopula sparse; bulb large, high; pre-embolic ridge narrow; embolus short, forming corkscrew of one turn.

Allotype female QM S39577 View Materials . As ♂ except:

Carapace 1.88 long, 1.32 wide. Abdomen 2.60 long, 1.96 wide. Total length 4.5. Abdomen: dorsal scute in anterior 1/4, dark red-brown rounded square; otherwise gray brown with irregular white transverse band behind scute; medially pallid with two large spots of white hair in posterior 1/4. Two large white areas on each flank; ventrally with pallid zone behind booklungs and medially. Tracheal scute roundly triangular. Palp spines: fe p1d2; pa p1; ti p2; ta p1. Epigyne: with paragenital brackets, subquadrate with subdistal copulatory fossae leading anteriorly to large short bursa and folding back to smaller spermathecae.

Distribution and Habitat. Known from open forest in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.