Ozcopa margotandersenae, 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 : 174-175

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.14952315
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE1B87BD-F4A8-FF76-6BFA-FB5987F1B790
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ozcopa margotandersenae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Ozcopa margotandersenae View in CoL sp. nov.

( Fig. 97a, b View FIGURE 97 . Map 56)

Material. Queensland: holotype ♂, Mt Hartley , SW slope, 15°46'S, 145°19'E, rainforest, intercept flight trap, 8 Nov 1995 – 16 Jan 1996, G. Monteith, D. Cook, L. Roberts, QM S41377 View Materials . Paratypes GoogleMaps : Queensland: ♂ , Cape Tribulation , 3k W (site 6), 16°05'S, 145°26'E, rainforest, pitfall, 5–9 Jan 1983, G. Monteith, QM S29475 View Materials ; 1♂, Massey Ck ( BS3 ), 17°37'S, 145°34'E, rainforest, pitfall, 3 Oct–2 Nov 1995, L. Umback, QM S39462 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. A small species in which males differ from those of O. zborowskii sp. nov. and O. colloffi sp. nov. in the simpler form of the palpal embolus ( Fig. 97a, b View FIGURE 97 ). Female unknown.

Etymology. Named for Margot Andersen, Director, Queensland Museum Foundation (2009–), for her much appreciated assistance in getting a high quality microscope and camera system which expedited the completion of this work.

Description. holotype male QM S41377 View Materials

Carapace 2.12 long, 1.60 wide. Abdomen 3.76 long, 1.22 wide. Total length, 5.9.

Colour: carapace fawn to yellow with two diffuse dark areas on lateral caput, eye region black; legs brownish yellow to orange; abdomen fawn with narrow black crenulated band around posterior edges; venter pallid. Chelicerae: small. 2R, 3P. Fang shield small with long thin bristles. Legs: of similar diameter and length. Feathery hairs on femora to metatarsi. RCH a pinhole. Spines: well developed but not strong. I: fe pv1p3d3r1; pa 1 apical bristle; ti p2v2.2.2; me v2.2. II: fe pv2p1d3r3; pa 1 apical bristle; ti p2r1v2.2.2; me p1v2.2. III: fe p3d3r3; pa 1 apical; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.2. IV: fe p2d3r3; pa 1 apical; ti p2d1r2v1.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. Palp: fe p1d2; pa p1d2 (distal and basal); ti p2d1r1. Abdomen: dorsal scute weak, for one third; no ventral scute; tracheal spiracle marked by sclerotised raised edge. Palp: tibial apophysis absent but with three long thick spine-like bristles on single mound on retrodorsal distal corner; bulb long pyriform with retrodistal invagination; embolic region twopronged, each prong twisted and crossed over; sperm duct prolaterally sinuous with basal and subbasal loop.

Distribution and Habitat. Known only from rainforest at Mt Hartley, Cape Tribulation and Massey Creek, northeastern Queensland.