Sarax huberi Seiter, Wolff & Horweg, 2015

Fig. 103; Table 8

Sarax huberi Seiter et al., 2015: 543–548, figs 1–3.

Diagnosis

Based in part on Seiter et al. (2015), this species may be separated from the geographically closest species, S. brachydactylus and S. curioi, by the following combination of characters: six setae on anterior margin of carapace without prominent corners (as in S. curioi); margin of genital operculum with several setae; female gonopods soft, conical; cheliceral claw with teeth (absent in S. curioi); sexual dimorphism in male pedipalps, with femur and tibia elongate; pedipalp surface granular (smooth in S. brachydactylus); pedipalp tarsus with two very short, separated dorsal spines (geminate in S. curioi).

Etymology

Patronym honoring Siegfried Huber for his contributions to the study of whip spiders (Seiter et al. 2015).

Type material

Holotype PHILIPPINES • ♀; Cebu, Moalboal, surroundings of Busay cave; 09°54′57.5″ N, 123°26′13.2″ E; Mar. 2008; S. Huber leg.; NHMW 21895 [not examined].

Paratypes PHILIPPINES • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; SMNS • 3 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, 2 juv.; same collection data as for holotype; NHMW 21897 [not examined] • 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for holotype; 28 Mar. 2014; NHMW 21897 [not examined] • 1 ♀; same locality and collector as for holotype; 23 Feb. 2001; NHMW 21897 [not examined] • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; near holotype locality; 09°55′02.3″ N, 123°25′05.8″ E; 30 Mar. 2014; S. Huber leg.; NHMW 21897 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; South of Moalbaol, Kawasan Falls; 09°48′20.1″ N, 123°22′17.7″ E; 21 Feb. 2001; S. Huber leg.; SMNS [examined] • 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 1 juv.; same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 21896 [not examined] .

Additional material

PHILIPPINES • 1 ♀, 1 juv.; East slope Mt McKinley, Davao Prov., Mindanao; 3300 ft a.s.l.; 26 Sep. 1946; F.G. Werner leg.; Philippine Zool. Exped. 1946–1947 leg.; in tall stump; FMNH 3489489 • 1 ♂, 1 juv.; East slope Mt McKinley, Davao Prov., Mindanao; 3000 ft a.s.l.; 10 Oct. 1946; F.G. Werner leg.; Philippine Zool. Exped. 1946–1947 leg.; debris on agricultural land; FMNH 3489491 • 1 ♀, 1 juv.; East slope Mt McKinley, Davao Prov., Mindanao; 4000 ft a.s.l.; 14 Aug. 1946; H. Hoogstraal leg.; Philippine Zool. Exped. 1946–1947 leg.; forest floor; FMNH 3489498 .

Measurements

See Table 8.

Distribution

Known from several localities in the Philippines.

Natural history

The type series was found at the Kawasan Falls and in the vicinity of Busay Cave. Specimens were mostly under stones and in the leaf litter in front of the entrance of the cave (Seiter et al. 2015).

Remarks

See Seiter et al. (2015) for description.