Synthetonychia florae

Synthetonychia florae
Synthetonychia florae Forster, 1954 (from original description)
Suborder	Laniatores
Superfamily	Travunioidea
Family	Synthetonychiidae
Genus	Synthetonychia

Synthetonychia florae Forster, 1954 belongs to the genus Synthetonychia (Laniatores:Synthetonychiidae).

Taxonomy

• S.f. Forster, 1954:289

Specimens

• S.f. male(1) (holotype): Dominion Museum, Wellington; #2/886
• S.f. female(1) (paratype): Dominion Museum, Wellington; #2/887

Diagnosis

(from Forster, 1954)

• Color: Reddish-brown.
• Body: The eyes are placed in the centre of the carapace and are separated from each other by a distance equal to 1½x their diameter. The carapace is finely granulate, tergal region with normal granular pattern. The genital operculum is as shown in Fig. 769, sub-triangular longer than wide in the rato of 4:3.
• Genitalia: As shown in Fig. 768. Similar in structure to acuta but aedeagus shorter and lacking the sub-apical lateral spines, setae with a somewhat different disposition. Dorsal and ventral plates well developed.
• Chelicerae: Typical.
• Pedipalls: (Fig 766). Tibial process absent, tarsus stouter than acuta, tarsal spine slender equal to ½ of the length of the tarsal claw.
• Legs: As in acuta. Tarsal formula 3.5.4.4. Tarsal claws as shown in Fig. 770, the arolium does not extend beyond the median branch.
• Measurements (mm): Scute: 1.24x0.90; Legs: 2.45, 3.19, 2.85, 3.50; Pedipalp: 1.74; Chelicera: 0.58
• Female: Similar to male in structure. The genital operculum is wider than it is long. The pedipalp is shown in Fig. 767; the tarsus is slender and straight, without a spine.
• Measurements (mm): Scute: 1.24x0.90; Legs: 2.23, 2.89, 2.36, 3.10; Pedipalp: 1.77; Chelicera: 0.62

Notes

• Location: Mount Arthur Tableland, Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand (South Island)

Literature

• Forster, 1954:289
• World Checklist

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Location (from http://www.backpack-newzealand.com/maps/area/49937-nn/mount-arthur.html)