Koppe sumba, Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001

Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa, 2001, Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanteriidae)., Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders- Family Liocranidae, Netherlands: Brill Leiden; Boston; Köln, pp. 276-296 : 296

Koppe sumba sp. n.

( figs 422-425, map 21)

Type locality. Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumba.

Type material.— Holotype ♂, Sumba, 35 km W of Leva, patch of rainforest, leaf litter, 8.viii. 1992. C.L. Deeleman; paratvpes: 2 ♀, same data ; 1 ♀ 35 km W of Waingapu , evergreen forest on slope near spring, leaf litter, lO. viii. 1992. C.L. Deeleman ; 2 ♀, Sewa near Waikabubak , Gua (cave) Waikalo, 17.vii.1993, P. Leclerc .

Other material. — None.

Diagnosis. — Similar to K. montana , Males are distinguished from that species in the palpal tibia by the distal apophysis having a claw -like tip and the conductor ending in a beaklike projection rather than in a coil as in montana , females have the spermathecae much further apart. Dorsal scutum covering almost all of the abdomen in both sexes.

Description. — MALE. Total length 3.10 mm. Carapace length 1.60 mm, width 1.10 mm, width head 0.75 mm, width eye region 0.50 mm; abdomen length 1.50 mm, width 1.10 mm. Leg length: leg I 4.75 mm (1.20-1. 75-1.30 -0.50); leg II 3.45 mm (0. 95-1.25 -0.85­ 0.40); leg III 2.95 mm (0.80-1.00-0.75-0.45); leg IV 4.20 mm (1.10-1. 35-1.20 -0.55), palp 0.60-0.20-0.30- 0.55 mm. Carapace with relatively strong markings, with radiating veins running uninterrupted from groove to border, legs uniform orange, femora slightly darker. Eyes: AME not or barely larger than other eyes, PME 2 d apart, 1 from the laterals. Sternum shiny with very few shallow pits, for the rest as montana . Legs: tibia I with 7pv and 7 rv strong, at base tuberculate spines, tibia II with 6pv and 5rv, metatarsi I with 5pv and 6 rv, metatarsi II with 5pv and 4 rv spines; leg III and IV spineless. Dorsal scutum almost reaching tip of abdomen. Palp (figs 422, 423) femur with row of 4 very thin setae, not on tubercles; remeniscent of montana , see diagnosis for differences.

FEMALE. Total length 3.25 mm. Carapace length 1.55 mm, width 1.10 mm, head width 0.80 mm, width eye region 0.55 mm; abdomen length 1.70 mm, width 1.10 mm, epigyne 0.30 mm wide. Leg lengths: leg I 4.45 mm (1.15-1. 65-1.15 -0.50), leg II 3.65 mm (0. 95­ 1.30 -0.95-0.45), leg III 3.05 mm (0.80-1.00-0.85-0.40), leg IV 4.35 mm (1.10-1. 40-1.25 ­ 0.60), palp 0.55-0.20-0.32- 0.55 mm; palpal fe mur with 6 ventral thin spines in a row. Dorsal scutum over 5/6 - 7/8 of abdomen. Epigyne fig. 424, spermathecae wider apart than in montana , visible ducts shorter; vulva fig. 425.

Distribution.— Found in several localities on the island Sumba.

Etymology. — After the island where this species lives.