Kolora cushingae, Raven, 2015

Kolora cushingae View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 2d View FIGURE 2 , 48e, f View FIGURE 48 , 50a–e View FIGURE 50 . Map 25)

Material. Queensland: holotype ♂, Upper Hall Ck, via Camila , 21°52'S, 149°18'E, open forest, intercept flight trap, 4 Dec 1996 – 6 Apr 1997, G. Monteith, E. Maulder, QM S31534 View Materials . Paratypes GoogleMaps : Queensland: allotype ♀, 1♀, 1♂ 1♀, taken with holotype, QM S31535 View Materials , QM S39286 View Materials , QM S31536 View Materials ; 1♀, Bogantungan , 13.5 km N, 23°31'S, 147°17'E, ironbark woodland, pyrethrum knockdown, 18 Dec 2000, G. Monteith, QM S56142 ; 1♂, Bushley Stn ( DW12 ), 23°32'S, 150°15'E, open forest, pitfall, 21 Mar–22 Oct 1990, D. Wallace, R. Raven, K. Williams, QM S34476 View Materials ; 1♂, Lords Table, SE slopes, 22°40'S, 148°01'E, vine forest, malaise trap, 9 Jan–4 Mar 2006, C. Burwell, QM S80059 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Differs from all other species in the reduced or absent pattern on carapace, narrow white band and wide mustard brown points on distal femora and tibiae IV.

Etymology. The species epithet is in honour of Dr Paula Cushing, for her work on ant mimicry in spiders.

Description holotype male QM S31534 View Materials

Carapace 3.28 long, 2.08 wide. Abdomen 3.92 long, 1.76 wide. Total length 7.2.

Colour: carapace orange brown with two darker triangles on posterior lateral caput; dark around fovea from pile of dark large feathery hairs and medial band of white hairs through fovea longitudinally; abdomen dark brown for 9/10th with pile of black feathery hairs; posteriorly over pallid article narrow band of white hairs, then broad terminal cape of mustard coloured hairs; from side mustard cape undercuts abdomen; chelicerae dark orange brown; all legs, coxae, sternum orange brown except for distal length of femur IV dark brown and brown smudge subdistally on tibia IV; labium and maxillae red brown. Carapace: band of white hairs from PME to posterior margin; fovea small, pit like, surrounded by wide area of dark feathery hairs. Chelicerae: hirsute; fang shield small; fang groove steep-sided near fang base; three teeth on retromargin, distal smallest; two on promargin and four fine teeth spaced between them. Sternum: lightly hirsute with long erect bristle submarginally opposite each coxae; two close opposite IV. Maxillae with slightly concave margins. Pedicel not continuous with sternum, collariform with anterior triangle. Legs: trochanters not notched; pallid feathery hairs on femora to tibia. Spines: I: fe p3d4r1 basal pa 0; ti v2.2; me v2.2. II: fe p4d3r4; pa 0; ti v2.2; me v2.1.2. III: fe p4d3r4; pa 0; ti p2r2v2.2.2; me p2r2v2.2.1. IV: fe p4d3r4; pa 0; ti p2r2v2.2.2; me p3r2v2.2.1. Palp: fe p1d1 long bristles; pa 1 dorsoapical; ti probasal; cymbium 1 probasal. Abdomen: weak oval scute on anterior quarter dorsally; genital scute with indented but not thickened anterior ventral margin; colulus distinct; tracheal spiracle not accentuated; central zone set off by series of depressions and change of hairs from feathery on lateral to simple on central zone. Palp: tibia with raised distal edge ventrally; cymbium distally with lines of 6–10 short thick bristles on each edge; bulb as for K. cooloola sp. nov. but ridges of spiral less distinct; single apical claw-like spine with subapical spine retrolaterally ( Fig. 50c View FIGURE 50 ).

Allotype female QM S31535 View Materials . As for ♂ except as follows:

Carapace 3.52 long, 2.32 wide, Abdomen 4.96 long, 2.56 wide. Total length 8.5.

Colour: abdomen dorsally with longitudinal band of white hairs anteriorly, small oval sclerotised dorsal scute orange brown. Carapace indented strongly posteriorly. Chelicerae shorter than ♂; pronounced fang shield with ca. 15 long thick curved black bristles; 14 erect bristles on sternum, two on labium, 2–3 along maxillae, 2–3 diagonally and two on ventral coxae. Spines: I: fe p2d4r2; ti v2.2; me v2.2. II: fe p2d3r2; ti v2.2; me v2.2. III: fe p3d3r4; ti p2r2v2.2.1; me p2r2v2.2.2. IV: p5d4r4; ti p2r2v2.2.2.2; me p2r2v2.2.2.2. Palp: fe p1d1; pa p1 weak d1 apical; ti p2d1; ta p2v2 distal; claw rudimentary. Claws and tufts longer on IV than I; 2–3 small teeth on claws of IV. Epigyne: broad, domed with two small apertures laterally. Abdomen: dorsal scute small, oval, anterior; genital scute reaches only to ectal booklung margin.

Distribution and Habitat. Known only from open forest in areas to the north and west of Rockhampton, mideastern Queensland.