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

description: Poecilipta yambuna sp. nov.
(Fig. 110a–e, h. Map 68)
Material: Victoria: holotype ♂, Brooms Rd, 7.5 km NE of Yambuna 36°06'S, 145°05'E, pitfall traps, 17–22 Jan 1994, G.Milledge, MV K4403. Paratype: Victoria: allotype 1♀, 36°09'S, 145°01'E, State Forest, 1 km SE of Yambuna, pitfall traps, 17–22 Jan 1994, G. Milledge, MV K6985.
Diagnosis. Males are unique in the genus in the very long terminal extent of the embolus (Fig. 110a). Females are unusual amongst the P. janthina species group in having only two pairs of spines on ventral tibiae I and II.
Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition from the type locality.
Description Holotype Male MV K4403
Carapace 1.60 long, 1.00 wide. Abdomen 1.64 long, 0.88 wide. Total length 3.4.
Colour: carapace dark brown with irregular paler area pre-foveally; chelicerae mottled light brown, coxae yellow brown; femora red brown, patellae–tarsi pallid yellow with faint darker areas; abdomen dark brown dorsally and lighter ventrally on scute; sternum dark brown. Carapace: broad white feathery hairs on interstrial ridges, otherwise light cover of fine hairs. Chelicerae: small, two teeth set close on retromargin near fang base, one low; none evident on promargin. Sternum: domed, margins without strong triangular extensions; coxae close to margin, posteriorly rounded. Legs: feathery hairs on femora and tibiae; scopula absent; trochanters not notched; femora III and IV distally with slight constriction. Spines: I: fe p1d3; ti v2 basal; me v2 basal. II: fe p1d3; ti v0; me v2.2. III: fe d3; ti p1v1; me p2r2v1.2.2. IV: fe d2; ti p1v1.1; me p2d1r2v1.1. Palp: fe 0; ti p2. Abdomen: scutes: dorsal, rounded, ovoid for 0.9 of length; genital scute not strongly emarginate anteriorly; ventral rounded rectanguloid from genital groove to tracheal spiracle. Palp: tibia with low longitudinal ridge retroventrally; cymbium long, twisted to form distinct diagonal groove and anterior cone divided; small beak-like paracymbial spine; embolus a broad, single spiral.
Allotype female MV K6985: as for ♂ except:
Carapace 2.60 long, 1.48 wide. Abdomen 2.84 long, 1.72 wide. Total length 5.9.
Colour: abdomen dorsally dark brown, small rectangular entirely dorsal scute lighter, behind scute lighter, three tufts of white hair across at posterior two thirds; venter entirely dark brown; femora dark brown, rest light brown, tarsi paler; carapace with white feathery hairs along posterior striae and lightly over dorsum. Legs: small feathery hairs on lateral femora. Chelicerae: fang shield distinct, rounded, with cluster of thick brown vertical bristles. Spines: small, obscure against dark cuticle. I: fe p1d2; ti v1.2; me v2.2. II: fe p1d2; ti v1; me v1.2. III: fe d2; ti p2r1v1; me p2r2v1.2.3. IV: fe d3; ti p2r2r1v1.1.1; me p2v3v2.2.3. Palp: fe p1d1; pa p1; ti p2 (basal); ta v3 distal. Palp: claw short, curved, dentate. Epigyne: CO small ca. four diameters apart; genital scute surrounds pedicel completely, with tracheal spiracle on back edge of small semicircular scute thick anterior margin. Dorsal scute small, oval, in anterior quarter; no ventral scute.
Distribution. Known only from the Yambuna area, near the northern border of Victoria.
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 page 197, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14951911