Koppe montana 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 montana

description: <i>Koppe montana</i> sp. n. (figs 375-381, map 21) <i>Type locality.</i> — W Java, Cibodas, Gedeh National Park, 1500 m. <i>Type material.</i> Holotype &amp;male; from the type locality, in leaf litter, 5-8.xii. 1986, S. <i>Djojosudharmo</i>; paralypes: 2 &amp;male; 7 &amp;female;, same data as holotype. <i>Other material.</i> — None. <i>Diagnosis</i> The transformed retrolateral palpal tibia with the various apophyses, the conical em bolar plate and the conspicuous black coiled conductor are characteristic of the male; the female is diagnosed by the chitinous arched strips in the epigyne and the large round bursae located anteriorly; inconspicuous thick-walled cavities (spermathecae?) are situated near the openings. <i>Description.</i> — MALE figs 375-377). Total length 3.60 mm. Carapace length 1.72 mm, width 1.20 mm, carapace height 0.72 mm, width head 0.90 mm, eye group width 0.60 mm; abdomen length 1.80 mm, width 1.10 mm. Leg length: leg I 6.15 mm (1. 50-2.15-1. 70­ 0.80); leg II <i>5.55</i> mm (1. 20-1.55-1. 25-1.55); leg III 3.65 mm (1.00-1. 00-1.10 -0.55); leg IV 5.10 mm (1. 30-1.60-1. 55-0.65), palp 0.50-0.25-0 32-0,65 mm. Carapace orange brown with dark thoracic groove and thin dark borderline and vague radiating streaks, gradually sloping down behind, mouthparts and legs pale orange, femur, tibia and metatarsus I and femur II darker. Eyes (figs 375, 376): AME larger than other eyes, ALE same size as PE, PE equally spaced (about 1 1/2 d). Clypeus margin with triangular projection. Sternum fig, 377. Legs: tibia I 8 pv and 7 <i>rv</i>, tibia II 7 pv and 6 <i>rv</i>, metatarsi I 6 pv and 5rv, metatarsi II 5 pv and 4 <i>rv</i>; posterior legs spineless. Abdomen shiny, widest in posterior half, entirely covered with scutum, <i>ventrally</i> an epigastric and a post-genital scutum, no pre-anal scutum. Palpal femur with a row of 3 ventral spines, tibia (figs 378, 379) with broad basal ventral apophysis, distal ventral apophysis and 2 retrolateral apophysis. Male palpal tegulum (fig. 378) with large conical embolar plate and distally a quite small membranous tegular apophysis and a large distally bulky coiled apophysis serving as c onductor in resting position. FEMALE. Total length 3.70 mm. Carapace length 1.70 mm, width 1.20 mm, height 0.70 mm, head width 0.90 mm; abdomen length 2.08 mm, width 1.60 mm, epigyne 0.35 mm wide. Leg lengths: leg I 5.55 mm (1.40-2. 00-1.55-0.60), leg II 4.35 mm (1. 10-1.60-1. 10­ 0.55), leg III 3.65 mm (0. 95-1.20-1. 00-0.50), leg IV 4.90 mm (1. 25-1.60-1. 40-0.65), palp 0.60-0.30-0.35- 0.55 mm. Leg spines as in male, palpal femur with 6 equally spaced ventral spines in a row. tibia and tarsus with several spines. Sternum barely pitted. Dorsal scutum over 1/3 of abdomen, no ventral post-genital scutum. Epigyne see diagnosis and fig. 380, vulva (fig. 381) with conspicuous, arched ducts. <i>Distribution</i>.— West Java, in mountain rainforest. <i>Etymology</i>.— From <i>montana</i> (Lat.) = living in the mountains.
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 pages 278-280, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1048157