Ozcopa monteithi Raven, 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Raven, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Corinnidae
Ozcopa
Ozcopa monteithi

description: Ozcopa monteithi sp. nov.
(Figs 2e, 94c–e, 95a–e. Map 54)
Material. Queensland: holotype ♂, Mossman Bluff Track, 5–10 km W Mossman, Site 1, 16°28'S, 145°22'E, pitfall, 1–16 Jan 1989, G. Monteith, G. Thompson ANZSES Expedition, QM S21955. Paratypes: Queensland: allotype ♀, same data as holotype, QM S21925; 1♂ 1♀, as for holotype but, flight trap, 20 Dec 1989 – 15 Jan 1990, QM S16563; 1♂, as for holotype but (Site 2), 16°25'S, 145°20'E, pitfall, 20 Dec 1989 – 15 Jan 1990, QM S32641; 1♂, Mossman Gorge NP (NQ 15), 16°28'S, 145°20'E, pitfall, 1 Nov 1991 – 22 Jul 1992, P. Lawless, R. Raven, M. Shaw, QM S39553; 1♂, Cape Tribulation, 3k W (site 6), 16°05'S, 145°26'E, rainforest, pitfall, 23 Sep–7 Oct 1982, G. Monteith, D. Yeates, G. Thompson, QM S29477; 1♀ 1♂, same data but, 5–9 Jan 1983, G. Monteith, QM S29479; 1♀, Mt Boolbun South, camp, 15°57'S, 145°08'E, 850m. altitude, rainforest, intercept flight trap, 5 Nov 1995 – 11 Jan 1996, G. Monteith, D. Cook, L. Roberts, QM S41348; 1♀, same data but 4–6 Nov 1995, G. Monteith, QM S41071.
Diagnosis. Males differ from those of all other species in the entirely brown carapace and abdomen and embolus with a complex twisted double tip (Fig. 95a, b); females differ from those of O. colloffi in the smaller head of the spermathecae (Fig. 95d).
Etymology. In honour of Dr Geoff Monteith who has collected many of these new species.
Description holotype male QM S21955
Carapace 2.29 long, 1.58 wide. Abdomen 2.26 long, 1.23 wide. Total length 4.8.
Colour: carapace red brown with lighter caput; abdomen light red brown; ventrally, sternum red brown, coxae pallid, abdomen brown; legs I and II pallid, yellowish; femora III and IV brown; patellae–tarsi III yellowish but weak brown bands on basal patellae, subdistal tibiae. Carapace: covered with fine points; fovea at edge of gradual posterior slope. Almost glabrous. Eyes: two rows of similar width; AME slightly bigger than PME = PLE> ALE; f ront row recurved, back row procurved; eyes in tight group. Chelicerae: dentition: 2R, 3P, furrow transverse. Legs: trochanter IV with short deep notch; femora–tibiae with fine dark feathery hairs. Spines: I: fe pv1p1d3; ti v2.2.2; me v2.2. II: fe p2d3, as for I. III: fe p1d3r2, rest missing. IV: fe p3d3r3; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. Palp: fe p1d2; pa d1 distal ti p2. Tibia III with dorsal spine in paratype. Abdomen: dorsal scute long, narrow, weak, triangular to ca. half length; triangular brown colulus; tracheal scute weak with medial cone; ventral scute absent. Palp: tibia ventrally flattened; cymbium with undulating margin; not apical hirsute cone short, retrobasally with stout paracymbial spine; subtegulum narrowly evident on pro- and retromargins; tegulum constricts to broad pre-embolic ridge of broad flat hook with long acuminate embolus flanked by two lateral spines.
Allotype Female QM S21925. Like ♂ except:
Carapace 3.12 long, 2.08 wide; abdomen 4.16 long, 2.16 wide. Total length 7.3. Palp, femora I–IV, patellae and tibiae III and IV, and basal half and distal eighth of tibia III and IV brown; otherwise legs pallid with pallid spot on prodistal tibiae III and IV. Band of white hair medially across dorsal abdomen. Carapace with uniform pile of fine white hair. Chelicerae robust, without thick fang setae. Claw tufts thin; claws with ca. six teeth higher than tufts. Spines as ♂. Palp: fe p1d2, v4 erect; pa d1.1; ti p1d1; ta probasal 2. Palpal claw distinct, dentate, tarsus predistally incrassate. Epigyne: with pair of large diagonal fossae with strong anterior ridge. Tracheal scute a small ridge.
Distribution and Habitat. Known only from rainforest in montane areas west of Mossman, north-eastern Queensland.
description: Published as part of Raven, Robert J., 2015, & lt; strong & gt; A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific & lt; / strong & gt;, pp. 1-258 in Zootaxa 3958 (1) on pages 171-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14951911