Koppe sumba Deeleman-Reinhold 2001, sp. n.
Creators: name: Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Liocranidae
Koppe
Koppe sumba

description: <i>Koppe sumba</i> sp. n. (figs 422-425, map 21) <i>Type <i>locality</i> . Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumba.</i> <i>Type material.—</i> Holotype <i>&amp;male;</i>, Sumba, 35 km W of Leva, patch of rainforest, leaf litter, 8.viii. 1992. C.L. Deeleman; paratvpes: 2 &amp;female;, same data; 1 &amp;female; 35 km W of Waingapu, evergreen forest on slope near spring, leaf litter, lO. viii. 1992. C.L. Deeleman; 2 &amp;female;, Sewa near Waikabubak, Gua (cave) Waikalo, 17.vii.1993, P. Leclerc. <i>Other material.</i> — None. <i>Diagnosis.</i> — Similar to <i>K. montana</i>, Males are distinguished from that species in the palpal tibia by the distal apophysis having a claw -like tip and the conductor ending in a beaklike projection rather than in a coil as in <i>montana</i>, females have the spermathecae much further apart. Dorsal scutum covering almost all of the abdomen in both sexes. <i>Description.</i> — MALE. Total length 3.10 mm. Carapace length 1.60 mm, width 1.10 mm, width head 0.75 mm, width eye region 0.50 mm; abdomen length 1.50 mm, width 1.10 mm. Leg length: leg I 4.75 mm (1.20-1. 75-1.30 -0.50); leg II 3.45 mm (0. 95-1.25 -0.85­ 0.40); leg III 2.95 mm (0.80-1.00-0.75-0.45); leg IV 4.20 mm (1.10-1. 35-1.20 -0.55), palp 0.60-0.20-0.30- 0.55 mm. Carapace with relatively strong markings, with radiating veins running uninterrupted from groove to border, legs uniform orange, femora slightly darker. Eyes: AME not or barely larger than other eyes, PME 2 d apart, 1 from the laterals. Sternum shiny with very few shallow pits, for the rest as <i>montana.</i> Legs: tibia I with 7pv and 7 <i>rv</i> strong, at base tuberculate spines, tibia II with 6pv and 5rv, metatarsi I with 5pv and 6 <i>rv</i>, metatarsi II with 5pv and 4 <i>rv</i> spines; leg III and IV spineless. Dorsal scutum almost reaching tip of abdomen. Palp (figs 422, 423) femur with row of 4 very thin setae, not on tubercles; remeniscent of <i>montana</i>, see diagnosis for differences. FEMALE. Total length 3.25 mm. Carapace length 1.55 mm, width 1.10 mm, head width 0.80 mm, width eye region 0.55 mm; abdomen length 1.70 mm, width 1.10 mm, epigyne 0.30 mm wide. Leg lengths: leg I 4.45 mm (1.15-1. 65-1.15 -0.50), leg II 3.65 mm (0. 95­ 1.30 -0.95-0.45), leg III 3.05 mm (0.80-1.00-0.85-0.40), leg IV 4.35 mm (1.10-1. 40-1.25 ­ 0.60), palp 0.55-0.20-0.32- 0.55 mm; palpal fe mur with 6 ventral thin spines in a row. Dorsal scutum over 5/6 - 7/8 of abdomen. Epigyne fig. 424, spermathecae wider apart than in <i>montana</i>, visible ducts shorter; vulva fig. 425. <i>Distribution</i>.— Found in several localities on the island Sumba. <i> <i>Etymology</i>.</i> — After the island where this species lives.
description: Published as part of <i>Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa, 2001, Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanteriidae)., pp. 276-296 in Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders- Family Liocranidae, Netherlands :Brill Leiden; Boston; Köln</i> on page 296, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1048157