Koppe minuta, 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 : 280-285

Koppe minuta sp. n.

( figs 382-385, map 21)

Type locality.— N Sumatra, G unung Leuser National Park at Bohorok rehabilitation Centre near Bukit Lawang .

Type material.— Male holotype in the type locality, in leaf litter, viii.1982, P.R. and C.L. Deeleman; 10 ♂ 40 ♀ paratypes, same data ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 jv, same data, 31.xii. 1983 ; 1 ♀ id., vi.1983 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, iii.1983, S. Djojosudharmo ; 1 ♂ 7 ♀ v. 1983, S. Djojosudharmo .

Other material.— W Java, Puncak Pass, 1000 m, 1 ♀ in leaf litter, 1.v. 1976, P.R. Deeleman .

Note.— This species nor any other species has been collected from Ketambe in the central part of the Gunung Leuser National Park. Instead, the ecological niche is occupied by the phrurolithine species Sudharmia pongorum (mutual exclusion).

Diagnosis.— A small species; males with a single, 3-tined palpal tibial apophysis; epigyne with three pairs of discs appearing through the tegument: a large pair laterally, and two pairs of smaller discs in the middle.

Description.— MALE ( fig. 391). Total length 5.00 mm. C arapace length 2.50 mm, width 1.60 mm, carapace height 0.50 mm. width head 1.15 mm, eye group width 0.90 mm; abdomen length 2.25 mm, width 1,45 mm. Leg length: femur leg I 2.10 mm, rest lost; femur leg II 1.80 mm, rest lost, femur leg III 1.60 mm rest lost, leg IV 2.10 -2.50- rest lost, palp 1.00-0.40-0,50- 0.95 mm. Carapace dark chestnut, smooth, with margin lined with black and dark streaks radiating from thoracic groove: mouthparts, sternum and abdomen dark uniform chestnut without spots, coxae and femora of legs one shade lighter, distal segments of leg IV almost yellow, other legs missing. AME two times larger than other eyes, separated by much less than their d, and separated from laterals by their d; lateral eyes together on small elevation, separated by 1/2 d, posterior eyes separated by 1 1/ 2 x their diameter. Sternum lustrous, with some small round pits, Leg spination: tibia IV with 1- lpv, rest lost. Femora of palps with a row of 6-8 ventral spines on sockets and 2 small ones distally, tibia with 2v. Abdomen entirely covere d with dorsal scutum, ventrally with epigastric scutum only. Palp see diagnosis and figs 392, 393.

FEMALE. Total length 5.00 mm. Carapace length 2.10 mm, width 1.30 mm, height 0.70 mm, head width LOO mm, eye group width 0.70 mm, abdomen length 2.50 mm, width 1.75 mm, epigyne 0.45 mm wide. Leg lengths: leg I 7.70 mm (1.75-2. 85-2.10-1. 00), leg II 5.90 mm (1.50-2. 10-1.50-0.80); leg III 5.10 mm (1.50-1. 60-1.25 -0.75); leg IV 6.65 mm (1.75-2. 00- 1.90-1. 00), palp 0.75-0.35-0.50- 0.80 mm. Somatic characters as male, femora diluted orange, rest of segments yellow. Spine formula: tibia I with 9 pairs of ventral spines, tibia II with 7-8 pairs, metatarsus I 6 pv, 7rv, metatarsus II 5 pv, 6rv, leg III and IV spineless; palpal femur a row of 5v, tibia 2v, tarsus 2v. Dorsal scutum over 3/4 of abdominal length, dark brown and shining, with some pale yello w veins and spots and dark markings, posterior abdomen with light chevrons and lines, PL and PM spinnerets fig. 396. Epigyne see diagnosis and fig. 394, vulva fig. 395.

Distribution.— N and C Sulawesi, Togian Islands.

Remark.— At an altitude of 400 m upwards in the Dumoga Bone Park this species is replaced by K. baerti .

Etymology. — From princeps (Lat.), a noun in apposition: the leader, the head, the largest species in the genus.