Koppe armata (Simon, 1896)

Fig. 3

Medmassa armata Simon, 1896: 415 (♀).

Koppe armata Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 276, 396 (examined syntype female of M. armata; transfer from Medmassa).

Type material. Syntype ♀ (MNHN 12266) from SRI LANKA: Galle (06°03'N, 80°13'E; 13 m a.s.l.), date unknown, collector unknown, not examined .

Other material. 1♀ (RNMH ARA.15256) from SRI LANKA: Kandy (07°17'N, 80°38'E; 544 m a.s.l.), 7–11 August 1981, leg. Deeleman-Reinhold, examined based on photographs .

Diagnosis. Females of K. armata are closely related to the females of K. baerti Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001, as both share similar M-shaped anterior epigynal margin and vulva with highly twisted ducts, but can be distinguished from the latter by femur I with two prolateral spines (vs. absent in K. baerti) and epigynal window with triangular, median flap (vs. median flap absent in K. baerti) (cf. Fig. 3H and Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: figs 399–400).

Supplementary description. Female (Fig. 3A–G) in alcohol. Prosoma, chelicerae, palps and legs brownish; thoracic part with pale black patches; opisthosoma greyish-black, with brown dorsal scutum; spinnerets creamy-white. Fovea narrow, straight, short, dark (Fig. 3A). AER slightly and PER moderately procurved, both in dorsal view (Fig. 3A). Femur I with two prolateral spines, ventrally with numerous tiny, thorn-like spines (Fig. 3D–E, arrows); tibia I with nine pro- and nine retrolateral ventral spines (Fig. 3F–G); metatarsus I with six pro- and six retrolateral ventral spines (Fig. 3F–G). Opisthosoma globular, with complete dorsal scutum (Fig. 3C). Epigyne (Fig. 3H): epigyne less sclerotised, with wider than long epigynal window having small, triangular, median flap; anterior epigynal margin M-shaped, posterior margin convex. Copulatory openings indistinct. Vulva with twisted and sclerotised ducts.