Nucastia eneabba, Raven, 2015

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;, Zootaxa 3958 (1), pp. 1-258 : 122-123

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A722F37A-A630-4284-B00B-D684C90298E2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14952213
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE1B87BD-F47C-FFA2-6BFA-F9718278B0FD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nucastia eneabba
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Nucastia eneabba View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 68a–c View FIGURE 68 , 135 View FIGURE 135 . Map 34)

Material. Western Australia: holotype ♀, Eneabba, [29.8167° S, 115.2667° E], 8 Mar 1989, R GoogleMaps . P. McMillan, WAM T74048 .

Diagnosis. The female differs from those of N. virewoods sp. nov. by the large pallid spots dorsally and extending laterally on the abdomen as well as the closer copulatory openings. Males unknown.

Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition from the type-locality.

Description Holotype female WAM T74048.

Carapace 3.41 long, 1.98 wide. Abdomen 4.43 long, 3.64 wide. Totally, 8.5.

Colour: carapace and chelicerae dark red brown anteriorly, fading slightly to brown posteriorly; abdomen light brown with large irregular white patches medially to laterally and two small chevrons just above anal tubercle; coxae and trochanters white; femora I and II brown; III and IV with pallid diagonal band; patellae–tarsi I and II pallid; tarsi III and IV concolorous with femora. Spines: I and II: fe p1d3; III: fe p2d3r1; IV, fe p1d3r1. Epigyne: copulatory openings small, tightly spiralled, about two diameters apart; internally, head of spermatheca slightly enlarged without accessory lobe.

Distribution. Known only from Eneabba, Western Australia.

MAPS 31–36. Records of Australian species of Leptopicia gen. nov. and Nucastia gen. nov.