Poecilipta carnarvon, 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 : 204-205

Poecilipta carnarvon group

Diagnosis. Carapace and abdomen rarely iridescent ( Fig. 115c, d, g, h ), often with bloom or sheen ( Fig. 115a ). Male palp with thick spiralled embolus with wedge-like tip (e.g., Fig. 116a–e ); epigyne with large copulatory fossae; spermathecae M-shaped with long posterior duct.

Species included: Poecilipta carnarvon sp. nov., P. contorqua sp. nov., P. davidi sp. nov., P. micaelae sp. nov., P. elvis sp. nov., P. harveyi sp. nov., P. jilbadji sp. nov., P. rawlinsonae sp. nov., Supunna smaragdinea ( Simon, 1909) , P. tinda sp. nov., and P. zbigniewi sp. nov.

MAPS 67–72. Records of Australian species of Poecilipta Simon, 1897 .

Figures

FIGURE 115. Poecilipta carnarvon species group, habitus, males. a, P. carnarvon sp. nov. holotype male; b, P. harveyi sp. nov., holotype male; c, P. smaragdinea (Simon, 1909), male; d, P. rawlinsonae sp. nov., holotype male; e, P. contorqua sp. nov., allotype female; f, P. micaelae sp. nov., holotype male; g, h, P.davidisp. nov., female (g) and male (h).

FIGURE 116. Poecilipta spp. nov., male holotypes, palpal tibia, bulb and cymbium: a–c, P. carnarvon sp. nov., WAM 98/1656, ventral (a, b) and retrolateral (c) views; d, e, P. harveyi sp. nov., WAM 98/1659, ventral (d) and retrolateral (e) views.