Ozcopa mcdonaldi, Raven, 2015

Ozcopa mcdonaldi View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 92d View FIGURE 92 , 94a, b View FIGURE 94 . Map 53)

Material. Queensland: holotype ♂, Springfield Station , 17°56'S, 144°25'E, open forest, fence trap, 26–28 Aug 1979, K. McDonald, QM S29533 View Materials GoogleMaps . Paratype: Queensland: 1♂, Twelve Mile Scrub , Gap Ck (site 20), 15°50'S, 145°19'E, 22–27 Nov 1975, V GoogleMaps . E. Davies, QM S29526 View Materials .

Diagnosis. Males differ from those of O. colloffi sp. nov. and O. zborowskii sp. nov. in the simple, long and apically bent embolus tip ( Fig. 94a, b View FIGURE 94 ) and in the absence of a ventral scute. Female unknown.

Etymology. In honour of Mr Keith McDonald, passionate and tireless scientist then of National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Description holotype male QM S29533 View Materials

Carapace 3.28 long, 2.24 wide. Abdomen 3.60 long, 1.84 wide. Total length 6.9.

Colour: carapace brown orange, legs brownish yellow without bands, leg IV darkest, abdomen brownish red with pallid area dorsally, ventrally brown with pallid hairs flanking medial lighter rectangle. Carapace: with light pile of fine black hairs, no scales, cuticle shiny smooth; fovea between coxae II and III. Three long setae behind eyes, one beside lateral eyes, one in front of AME, and one each on lateral clypeus. Eyes: all of similar size; front row recurved, back procurved. Spaces between back row equal at ca. 1.0 x PME. Chelicerae: fang and groove short. Dentition: 2R 3P; fang setae long, pallid. Labium subquadrate. Sternum with intercoxal extensions, domed, almost asetose. Legs: trochanters with shallow notches ca. 2x wider than deep. RCH not evident; scopula weak on tarsi, and on metatarsi I and II; claw tufts dense, high; feathery hairs on legs III and IV; slight predistal constriction on femur IV. Spines: I: fe pv1p2d3r1; pa 0; ti v2.2.0w; me v 2.0w. II: fe p2d3r1; pa 0; ti v2.2.0w; me v 2.0w. III: fe p2d3r2; pa 0; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. IV: fe p3d3r2; pa 0; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.3. Palp: fe p1d2; pa d1 apical, ti p2. Abdomen: shiny, asetose oval dorsal scute for ca. half length; genital and tracheal scutes only present; genital scute without collar; tracheal scute small, triangular. Spinnerets: ALS short, wide; PMS small, cylindrical; PLS ca. half diameter of ALS but slightly longer. Palp: tibia short, barrel-shaped with shallow ventral excavation; cymbium simple, grooved to tip, without apical enlarged setae; retrodorsally at base with large raised process bearing pointed paracymbial spine large, basal; large subtegular lobe retrolaterally, small prolaterally; embolus simple curved keel.

Distribution and Habitat. Known only from Springfield Station (which includes the Undara Lava tunnels), an area of open forest and also rainforest at Twelve Mile Scrub, both in northeastern Queensland.