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

description: Poecilipta kgari sp. nov.
(Fig. 101a–e. Map 58)
Material. Queensland: holotype ♂, Orchid Beach, Fraser I, 24°58'S, 153°19'E, heathland, pitfall, 7 Mar–1 Oct 1996, R. J. Raven, QM S31288. Paratypes: Queensland: allotype ♀, as for holotype, QM S39272; 1♂, as for holotype, QM S34597. Beerwah Forestry Reserve, 26°51'S, 152°57'E, heathland, pitfall, M. Glover: 1♂, 31 Oct 1990, QM S32629; 1♂, 19 Sep 1990, QM S32639; 1♂, 25 Aug 1991, QM S32201; 1♂, 25 Aug 1991, QM S32642. Boondall Wetlands (BCC1), 27°20'S, 153°04'E, Melaleuca open forest, pitfall: 1♀, 2 Dec 2003 – 2 Jan 2004, QM S54957; 1♀, 1–31 Mar 2004, QM S54958; 1♂, 2–29 Jan 2004, QMP, QM S63861. 1♀, Bulimba Ck, Carindale (BCC1), 27°30'S, 153°06'E, forest redgum woodland, pitfall, 30 Jan–1 Mar 2004, QMP, QM S54963. Ewan Maddock Dam, 26°48'S, 152°59'E, open forest, pitfall, M. Glover: 2♂, 22 Aug 1993 – 22 Mar 1994, QM S39275, QM S39274; 2♂, 30 Jan–3 May 1993, M. Glover, QM S39273, QM S32287. 1♂ 1♀, Karawatha Forest (BCC6), 27°37'S, 153°05'E, dry eucalypt woodland, pitfall, 2–30 Jan 2004, QMP, QM S54976. Proserpine, Airport Drive (site XY12), 20°29'S, 148°34'E, closed woodland, R. J. Raven: 1♂ 1♀, night collection, 8 Nov 2007, QM S86675; 1♂, 5 Nov 2007 – 13 Feb 2008, QM S85627; 1♂, 5 Nov 2007 – 13 Feb 2008, QM S85308; 1♂, Whitsunday Shire Council track (XY13), 5–11 Nov 2007, C. Burwell, QM S85851. Proserpine, track N off Airport Drive (XY11), 20°29'S, 148°33'E, closed woodland, pitfall, R. J. Raven: 1♂, 16 Feb–10 May 2007, QM S85004; 1♂, 7 Nov 2007, QM S86642; 1♂, 10 May–15 Aug 2007, R. Raven, N. Power, QM S80939. Taroom district, Boggomoss: 1♂ 1♀, #10, 25°31'S, 150°03'E, pitfall, 11 Nov 1996 – Jan 1997, G. Monteith, D. Cook, QM S36190; 1♂, No 1, 25°26'S, 150°02'E, pitfall, 12 Nov 1996 – 12 Jan 1997, P. Lawless, QM S36721; 1♂, #10, 25°31'S, 150°03'E, pitfall, 13 Nov 1996 – Jan 1997, G. Monteith, D. Cook, QM S36226; 1♀, #12, Nathan Gorge, 25°27'S, 150°08'E, pitfall, 13 Nov 1996 – Jan 1997, G. Monteith, D. Cook, QM S36346.
MAPS 55–60. Records of Australian species of Ozcopa gen. nov. and Poecilipta Simon, 1897.
Diagnosis. Males differ from those of P. gloverae sp. nov. in the iridescent green scales on the carapace and the unusual form of the embolus tip (Fig. 101b); females differ in the sharper fold of the upper copulatory duct (Fig. 101e).
Etymology. The species epithet is the indigenous name, k’gari, for Fraser Island and is used as a noun in apposition.
Description Holotype male QM S31288
Carapace 2.36 long, 1.40 wide. Abdomen 2.48 long, 1.16 wide. Total length 5.9.
Colour: carapace and chelicerae dark brown; carapace and anterior abdominal scute with light cover of iridescent wide green scales. Legs: coxae, femur I dark brown with pallid distal third, other legs and segments orange brown. Sternum and ventral scutes dark reddish brown. Cymbial apex pallid; abdomen dark brown, dorsally with weak fringe of white hairs around medial constriction at widest point and a cluster just above anus. Carapace: with scales (above) and feathery hairs on caput and near eyes. Margins finely serrate. Eyes: from above, front row recurved, back procurved; low edge of AME below those of ALE. Sternum centrally slightly raised, finely and coarsely pustulose. Spines: I: fe p1d3; ti v 2.2w; me v2.2. II: fe d3; ti v1.1.1; me v2.2. III: fe p1d3; ti p1v2; me p2r2v2.2.3. IV: fe d3; ti p2r1v2; me p2r1v2.2.3. Palp fe d2; ti p2. Spines on I and II weaker than on palp. Legs: with feathery hairs on most segments. Scopula absent. Tibia IV thickens noticeably in distal half. Ventral tarsi with thick setae. Femur IV with slight distal constriction. Abdomen: dorsal and genital scutes separate; dorsal scute full length, narrow but widens at midpoint. Palp: cymbium with retrobasal blunt beak-like process; bulb apically constricts then widens in deep lateral folds, with transverse diagonal ridge; distally embolus constricts basally, widens then tapers gradually. Two long bristles on tibia opposite cymbial process. Tibia with distal retrolateral disc.
Allotype female QM S39272. Like ♂ except:
Carapace 3.00, 1.56 wide. Abdomen 2.76 long, 1.44 wide. Total length 5.9. More feathery hairs on carapace. Sternum not fused to pedicel, anterior abdominal scute widely flared near pedicel and with two distinct rounded humps posteriorly and abdomen constricts strongly at end of scute; ventrally scute over genitalia and booklungs and semicircular plate anterior to spiracle. Claw present on palp. Spines: I: fe p1d1; ti v2.2.2 strong on raised bases; me v2.2. II: fe d2; ti v2.2.2 (weaker than on I); me v2.2. III: fe p2d3; ti p2r1v2.2; me p2r2v2.2.2. IV: fe d2 + distal band of 3 across ti p2r2v2.2.2; me p2r2v2.2.2. Palp: fe d2; pa p1d1 apical p2d1; ta p2 basal. Femur IV with distinct distal constriction. Epigyne: externally two round fossae. Copulatory duct wide sweeps forward to join head of spermatheca which for full length is sperm filled, passing back with two slight constrictions, and fertilisation ducts lie subdistally.
Distribution and Habitat. Known from lowland heath along east coastal 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 180-183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14951911