Poecilipta elvis, Raven, 2015

Poecilipta elvis View in CoL sp. nov.

( Fig. 119a, b View FIGURE 119 . Map 77)

Material. Western Australia: holotype ♂, Shannon National Park, Dog Pool , 34°46'S, 116°22'E, 24 Mar 1993, on ground, daylight, M.S. Harvey, J.M. Waldock, WAM 98 About WAM /1660. Paratype GoogleMaps : Western Australia: 1♂, Buningonia Spring , 31°26'35"S, 123°31'40"E, Apr 1981, pitfall, W.F. Houston et al., WAM T74054 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Males differs from those of P. rawlinsonae sp. nov. in the subapical spiral being much smaller than the basal spiral ( Fig. 119b View FIGURE 119 ) and in the small paracymbial spine on a low mound ( Fig. 119a View FIGURE 119 ). Female unknown.

Etymology. The species epithet is from Elvis Presley (1935–1977), rock star, whose curl of hair resembled the terminal curl of the male palpal embolus; it is taken as a noun in apposition.

Description Holotype male (slightly desiccated) WAM 98/1660

Carapace 1.68 long, 1.00 wide. Abdomen 1.68 long, 0.87 wide. Total length 3.5.

Colour: carapace finely pustulose, orange brown without bloom; dark brown dorsal abdominal scute for length, with similar cuticle but white feathery hairs on raised bases; two narrow transverse bands of white hairs anteriorly and near midpoint; ostiate region darker brown; tuft of white hairs over spinnerets; dorsal femora sunburnt orange-red, otherwise legs uniformly yellow brown. Carapace: thick white lanceolate hairs along smooth margins and in posterior striae; dorsally with light cover of fine pallid bipinnate setae; fovea anterior to posterior slope. All eyes small. Abdomen: dorsal and epigastric scute touch but not fused; dorsal scute without saddle; ventral scute wide, laterally convex, posteriorly truncate; dorsal scute posteriorly concave; petiolar collar short. Legs: black feathery hairs on femora; slight constriction distally on femur III, more so on IV. Spines: basal spine on tibia I and II weak, distal strong. I: fe pv1p1d2; pa 0; ti v2.2; me v2.2. II: as for I. III: fe p2d3r1; pa apical 1 weak; ti p2r2v2.2; me p2r2v2.2 +dw4. IV: fe p1d3r1; pa apical 1, weak; ti p2r2v2.2; me p2r2v2.2+dw4. Palp: fe d2v0; pa 0; ti p2r1. Palp: paracymbial spine beak-like, on low process; prolateral edge of tibia with triangular process against cymbium; embolus with narrow basal ridge, large thick spiral followed by small spiral with curved tip.

Distribution. Known only from Shannon Dog Pool and Buningonia Spring, south western Western Australia.