A troglomorphic spider from Java (Araneae, Ctenidae, Amauropelma)

By

Miller, Jeremy A.
Rahmadi, Cahyo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

163

Pages

1-11

Subjects

Conservation , DNA barcode , Indonesia , Jonggrangan Limestone , troglobite

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.163.2265

 

Abstract

A new troglomorphic spider from caves in Central Java, Indonesia, is described and placed in the ctenid genus Amauropelma Raven, Stumkat & Gray, until now containing only species from Queensland, Australia. Only juveniles and mature females of the new species are known. We give our reasons for placing the new species in Amauropelma, discuss conflicting characters, and make predictions about the morphology of the as yet undiscovered male that will test our taxonomic hypothesis. The description includes DNA barcode sequence data.