Kochosa queenslandica, Framenau & Castanheira & Yoo, 2023

Framenau, Volker W., Castanheira, Pedro De S. & Yoo, Jung-Sun, 2023, The artoriine wolf spiders of Australia: the new genus Kochosa and a key to genera (Araneae: Lycosidae), Zootaxa 5239 (3), pp. 301-357 : 336-338

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BF1FF837-56D5-4829-8D46-E821D9D31AB3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7636904
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/193AC81C-0021-FFDF-FF3C-FF1F1DA6639C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Kochosa queenslandica
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Kochosa queenslandica sp. nov.

( Figs 20 View FIGURE20 , 21A–D View FIGURE 21 )

Holotype. Male , Beerwah Forestry Reserve (26º51′S 152º57′E, Queensland, AUSTRALIA), M. Glover, 21 November 1990, site C3, heathland ( QM S33549 View Materials ). GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific epithet is an adjective referring to the Australian state where this species is found, Queensland.

Other material examined. Only known from holotype male.

Diagnosis. Males of K. queenslandica sp. nov. are easily distinguished from other species in this group as they are the only species in which the basal half of the cymbium carries short, stout macrosetae retrolaterally ( Fig. 21C, D View FIGURE 21 ).

Description.

Male ( based on holotype, QM S33549 View Materials ) .

Cephalothorax. Dorsally dark brown with median light band slightly narrowing posteriorly; lateral light bands indistinct ( Fig. 21A View FIGURE 21 ). Sternum: very dark brown ( Fig. 21B View FIGURE 21 ).

Abdomen. Dorsally olive-brown; cardiac mark continuous with dark spots bordering in posterior half ( Fig. 21A View FIGURE 21 ); venter olive-brown ( Fig. 21B View FIGURE 21 ).

Pedipalps ( Fig. 21C, D View FIGURE 21 ; slightly expanded and twisted within the cymbium; apical section not dissected not to compromise morphology of single holotype). Retrolateral short stout macrosetae in basal half of cymbium tegular apophysis a white lobe; embolus narrow sickle-shaped.

Legs. Light brown, some indistinct dark annulations; spination of leg I: femur: 3 dorsal (apical one small), 1 apicoprolateral; tibia: 4 ventral pair (apical ones small), 1 prolateral; metatarsus: 3 ventral pairs; 3 prolateral, 1 retrolateral.

Measurements. TL 3.99, CL 2.21, CW 1.39. Eyes: AME 0.07, ALE 0.05, PME 0.19, PLE 0.19. Row of eyes: AE 0.44, PME 0.63, PLE 0.72. Sternum (length/width) 1.03/0.69. Labium (length/width) 0.28/0.30. AL 1.87, AW 1.21. Legs: Length of segments: Pedipalp 0.66+- +-+1.06 = 1.72, I 1.36+1.66+1.06+0.81= 4.89, II 1.30+1.57+1.06 +0.75=4.68, III 1.24+1.3+1.21+0.72=4.47, IV 1.66+1.9+2.09+0.93=6.58.

Female. Unknown.

Life history and habitat preferences. The single male specimen of this species was found in heathland in November.

Distribution. Only known from type locality, Beerwah Forestry Reserve , south-eastern Queensland ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE20 ).