Poecilipta carnarvon, 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 : 206-207

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.14952343
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE1B87BD-F4C8-FF16-6BFA-FA0882AEB6B0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Poecilipta carnarvon
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Poecilipta carnarvon View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 115a View FIGURE 115 , 116a–c View FIGURE 116 , 135 View FIGURE 135 . Map 73)

Material. Western Australia: holotype ♂, Nerren Nerren Station , 27°03'28.1"S, 114°36'24.8"E, 11 Jan–11 May 1995, NE5, wet pits, P. West et al., WAM / CALM GoogleMaps Carnarvon Survey, WAM 98/1656. Paratypes, same data as holotype but: 1♂, 27°00'21.6"S, 114°32'29.2"E, NE4, WAM 98 About WAM GoogleMaps / 1657; 1♂, 11 May–18 Aug 1995, N. Hall, WAM 98 About WAM /1658.

Diagnosis. Males differs from those of P. jilbadji sp. nov. in the three (not four) pairs of spines on tibia I being weak, not strong. Female unknown.

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

Description Holotype male WAM 98/1656

Carapace 2.37 long, 1.43 wide. Abdomen 2.56 long, 1.43 wide. Total length 5.1.

Colour: carapace smooth orange brown with blue bloom; dorsal abdominal scute with similar cuticle for two-thirds length, darker brown with broad median transverse pallid band but similar in cuticle; abdomen, save for posterior third, with uniform cover of large black feathery hairs; legs uniformly orange brown. Carapace: long white hairs for anterior half of carapace; otherwise light cover of fine black setae; fovea at edge of posterior slope; margins smooth. Legs: black feathery hairs on femora to tibiae; femur IV unmodified; many thick setae ventrally on tarsi I and II. Spines: I: fe p1d3; ti v2.2.2.2w; me v2.2. II: fe d3; ti v2.2.2; me v2.2. III: fe p1d3r1; ti p2r2v2.2.1; me p3r3v2.2.1. IV: fe p1d3r1; ti p2d1r2v2.2.2; me p3r3v2.2.2. Palp: fe p1d2; pa p1; ti p2. Palp: cymbium with slight apical twist; paracymbial spine large, conical, on large coniform base; subtegular lobe semi-ovoid retrolaterally, evident prolaterally; pre-embolar ridge low; basal spiral flat, much smaller than broad distal spiral, tip directed in slight curve from dorsal tip. Abdomen: ventral scute narrow, laterally convex, distinctly constricted at posterior eighth; dorsal scute for two-thirds length, posteriorly concave; petiolar collar short; post-epigastric sclerites short, open.

Distribution. Known only from Nerren Nerren Station, Carnarvon Ranges , Western Australia.