Ozcopa chiunei, 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 : 170

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.14952305
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE1B87BD-F4AC-FF71-6BFA-FD1D87B3B142
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ozcopa chiunei
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Ozcopa chiunei View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 92d View FIGURE 92 , 97a, b View FIGURE 97 . Map 52)

Material. Queensland: holotype ♂, Cedar Bay [now part of Ngalba Bulal] National Park, [15°48'S, 145°20'E], P. Shears, G. Morse, QM S95187 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The male differs from those of all other species in the dorsal scute being 0.6–0.7 long ( Fig. 92d View FIGURE 92 ), a dorsal spine on tibiae III and IV, and the different shape of the embolus tip ( Fig. 97a View FIGURE 97 ). Female unknown.

Etymology. The species epithet is in honour of Chiune Sugihara, 1900–1986, Japanese Vice-Consul in Lithuania who, during the Second World War, helped several thousand Jews escape from German-occupied Poland.

Description Holotype male QM S95187 View Materials

Carapace 2.75 long, 1.90 wide. Abdomen 2.90 long; 1.60 wide. Total length 5.7. Colour: carapace light brown with dark submarginal bands; abdomen brown with dorsal scute for 0.7 of length with two irregular pallid zones anteriorly followed by 6 thin chevrons; chelicerae brown; legs light yellow to orange brown with diffused dark bands predistally on femora (save for palp) and basal and predistal tibia (save for palp). Eyes: AME slightly the largest, AER procurved, PER recurved. Legs: femora III and IV unmodified; femora, coxae and sternum slightly rugose. RCH small; distal bristle on apical patellae I–IV where it is a spine. Spines. I: fe pv1p2; pa 0; ti v2.2.2.2 (all strong); me v2.2. II, as I but fe p2d3. III: fe p2d3r1; pa 0; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p2p3v2.2.4. IV: fe p2d3r2; pa d1; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p2r2v2.2.4. Palp: fe p1d2; pa p1d2 (all weak); ti p2d1. Abdomen: ventral scute continuous with broad ridge enclosing tracheal spiracle. Palp: bulb pear-shaped with distal cone tapering gradually, embolus base a diagonal ridge, tip simple, reflexed, tapering tube; paracymbial spine low, broad.

Distribution and Habitat. Known only from rainforest near Cedar Bay, now part of Ngalba Bulal National Park, northeastern Queensland.