Kolora, Raven, 2015
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A722F37A-A630-4284-B00B-D684C90298E2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE1B87BD-F45C-FF83-6BFA-F8CB83DEB599 |
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Plazi |
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Kolora |
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gen. nov. |
Kolora View in CoL gen. nov.
Diagnosis. Differs from all other Australian corinnids and from Corinnomma in the very long legs ( Fig. 48a View FIGURE 48 ) and the tiny eye group ( Fig. 16e View FIGURE 16 ), and basally bulbous leg femora ( Fig. 5a View FIGURE 5 ).
Type Species: Kolora cooloola View in CoL sp. nov.
Description. Long cephalothorax with pit-like fovea ( Fig. 16e View FIGURE 16 ), deep striae, high clypeus. Lateral profile of carapace ( Fig. 2d View FIGURE 2 ): caput slopes downward in smooth arch from just behind eye group to posterior declivity; highest point just behind eye group; eyes set behind clypeus edge. Eye group small, occupies ca. 0.4 of head width ( Fig. 16e View FIGURE 16 ). Chelicerae: fang mound low with long curved setae or not evident in females; retrolateral face of moderately large chelicerae with small distinct multicusped ridge ( Fig. 2d View FIGURE 2 ), slightly less evident than in Nucastia . Very long legs ( Figs 48a View FIGURE 48 , 51c View FIGURE 51 ); male smaller, with dorsal scute albeit thin and subtle, feathery hairs on abdomen, claws enclose tufts, very long legs but tarsi not curved or distally incrassate. Pedal femora basally bulbous ( Fig. 51a View FIGURE 51 ). Male palp: tibia with raised distal edge ventrally; three lines of weak cymbial spines distally, cymbium very long; very long, tube-like bulb with very long tapering tip; long chelicerae with two to three small teeth set distally on promargin, three to five small teeth on retromargin and few granules. Feathery hairs on femora, metatarsi and abdomen; wide pedicel ventrally. RCH present. Trochanters not notched. Single line of ca. six trichobothria on tarsi. Tarsal organ a low mound with off-centre pit and trichobothrial base with 2–4 concentric ridges ( Fig. 49d View FIGURE 49 ). No scopula. Cymbium with 2–3 curved spines on tip resembling ( Figs 49c View FIGURE 49 , 52c View FIGURE 52 ). PLS ca. 1/2 diameter of ALS. Scutes: thin long narrow dorsally and ventrally in males; in females, confined to anterior face of abdomen and small tracheal scute.
Etymology. An aboriginal word for fresh water lagoon; the gender is feminine.
Included Species: Kolora cushingae sp. nov., K. cooloola sp. nov., K. lynneae sp. nov. and Corinnomma sauverubens Simon, 1896 .
Remarks. The male palp of all species of Kolora are very similar with the main differences being in the tip of the embolus and relative extent of the embolic portion; other differences are in abdominal and leg patterns, and pilosity of the carapace.
Key to species of Kolora View in CoL
Males
1. Carapace with white feathery hairs ( Fig. 51a View FIGURE 51 ).................................................... K. sauverubens Carapace without such hairs............................................................................. 2
2. Ridges of apical embolic screw indistinct ( Fig. 52b, d View FIGURE 52 ); carapace with broad median brown sash for length ( Fig. 48d View FIGURE 48 )................................................................................................... K. lynneae Ridges View in CoL of apical embolic screw distinct ( Fig. 49b View FIGURE 49 , 50f View FIGURE 50 ); carapace without broad median brown sash ( Fig. 48a View FIGURE 48 )............ 3
3. Abdomen with small but distinct dorsal scute ( Fig. 48f View FIGURE 48 ); post-constriction embolus 0.63 of overall bulb ( Fig. 50a View FIGURE 50 ).................................................................................................... K. cushingae View in CoL Abdomen without dorsal scute; post-constriction embolus 0.67 of overall bulb ( Fig. 49a View FIGURE 49 )..................... K. cooloola View in CoL
Females (females of K. cooloola View in CoL unknown) 1. Carapace with white feathery hairs ( Fig. 51d View FIGURE 51 )............................................... K. sauverubens , part
Carapace without such hairs............................................................................. 2 2. Carapace with broad median brown sash for length ( Fig. 48b View FIGURE 48 ).......................................... K. lynneae View in CoL
Carapace without such a sash............................................................................ 3 3. Copulatory fossae two diagonal ridges ( Fig. 50d View FIGURE 50 ).................................................. K. cushingae View in CoL
Copulatory fossae two small ovoid ridges separated by three times their diameter ( Fig. 50g View FIGURE 50 ).......... K. sauverubens , part
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