Ticopa dingo, 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 : 230-231

Ticopa dingo sp. nov.

( Figs 131a–f , 132a, b, e . Map 87)

Material. Queensland: holotype ♀, Blackdown Tbld, via Dingo , 23°50'S, 149°02'E, 1–6 Feb 1981, R. J. Raven, QM S29381 . Paratypes : Queensland: 1♀, Lake Broadwater , 27°21'S, 151°06'E, open eucalypt forest, pitfall, 22 Apr–12 Jun 1986, QMP & M. Bennie, QM; 1♀, Girraween NP, under eucalypt bark, 4–6 Sep 1992, P. Lawless, QM S56858 .

Diagnosis. Females differs from that of T. hudsoni sp. nov. in the more extensive brown areas on the carapace and abdomen ( Fig. 131a ) and very long spines on tibiae and metatarsi I and II. Male unknown.

Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition from the township near the type locality, Dingo.

Description holotype female QM S29381

Carapace 3.75 long, 2.63 wide. Abdomen 4.81 long, 3.56 wide. Total length 8.6.

Colour: carapace orange brown with wide brown margins, narrow irregular band then brown central region; chelicerae dark brown; eye group dark brown; abdomen dorsally blue black with eight paired irregular pallid patches; ventrally pallid. Sternum, maxillae, labium and coxae yellow brown; legs (IV missing) yellow brown with brown distal half of femora I–III and patellae brown and dark shadows on tibiae and metatarsi. Carapace: distinct pre-foveal saddle with raised caput; fovea on cone ridge; white feathery hairs on lateral margins and beside eye group; margins with short ridge or shelf with short horizontal setae in line on low mounds. Eyes: back row slightly wider than front. Chelicerae: fang shield distinct rounded with short curved thick modified black setae vertically: three fine basally, ca. seven thick distally; each setae flattened with smooth ectal edge and deeply serrate distal edge; two teeth on both margins, basal smaller on promargin. Sternum: weak intercoxal extensions at I/II. Legs: trochanters I–III with shallow asymmetrical notch; large feathery hairs on femora to metatarsi. Spines: very long erect on I and II; long and overlapping on tibiae and metatarsi I and II. I: fe pv1p2d3r1; ti p2v2.2.2.2; me p2v2.2. II: fe pv1p2d3r1; ti p2v2.2.2.2; me p2v2.2. III: fe p3d3r3; ti p2d1r2v2.2.1; me p3r3v2.2.3. IV missing. Palp: fe p1d2; pa p1; ti p2d1; ta p1v 2w. Palp: claw with 2–3 small teeth. Abdomen: small, trianguloid dorsal scute only anterior; genital scute with unsclerotised ones laterally; tracheal scute subquadrate with wide distal ridge. Epigyne: two fossae set anteriorly.

Distribution and Habitat. Known from open eucalypt forest on Blackdown Tableland, via Dingo, mideastern Queensland south to Lake Broadwater and Girraween, southeastern Queensland.

MAPS 85–89. Records of Australian species of Ticopa gen. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 131. Ticopa dingo sp. nov., holotype female, QM S29381: a, habitus; b, c, chelicerae, anterior view; d, venter; e, epigyne, external; f, carapace, anterior view.

FIGURE 132. Ticopa spp.: a, b, e, T. dingo sp. nov., holotype female, QM S29381, epigyne: a, external; b, internal; c–g, leg I showing mottling, c, T. carnarvon sp. nov., holotype male; d, T. hudsoni sp. nov., holotype female; e, T. dingo sp. nov.; f, g, T. longbottomi sp. nov., retrolateral (f) and prolateral (g) views.