Rogmocrypta rollardae, Patoleta, Barbara M., Gardzinska, Joanna & Żabka, Marek, 2017

Patoleta, Barbara M., Gardzinska, Joanna & Żabka, Marek, 2017, New species of Rogmocrypta Simon, 1900 from New Caledonia, with remarks on relationships and distribution (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 697, pp. 73-86 : 79-80

Rogmocrypta rollardae sp. n. Figures 37-43, 44

Material.

1♀ holotype, New Caledonia: Mandjélia (20°24'S, 164°32'E), 650m elev., rainforest, litter, berlesate, 12 May 1984, Monteith G, Cook D, QM S35648; 2♀ paratypes, New Caledonia: 4 km N of Col d’Amieu (21°19'48"S, 165°30'E), rainforest, litter, 300 m elev., berlesate No 640, 8 May 1984, Monteith G, Cook D, QM; 1♀, New Caledonia: Mandjélia (20°24'S, 164°32'E), 700 m elev., rainforest, litter, berlesate nr 648, 12 May 1984, Monteith G, Cook D, QM S35651; 1♀ New Caledonia: Dent de St. Vincent (166°13'02"E, 21°52'12"S), arete S, 1150 m elev., forêt-magius haut humide, berlese, 6 August 1987, A&S Tillier, Bonnet, Letocart, MNHN.

Etymology.

For Dr. Christine Rollard (MNHN, Paris), distinguished French arachnologist.

Diagnosis.

Copulatory openings close to spermathecae, oriented posteriorly and joined, forming kind of transverse ridge (Figs 42-43).

Description.

Female holotype. Cephalothorax brown, covered with sparse white scales and brown hairs. Foveal depression well marked. Abdomen brownish, with lighter chevrons (Fig. 37). Anterior spinnerets light brown, posterior ones whitish. Palps and legs brownish with darker bands. Chelicerae brown, retromarginal tooth 6-cuspidate. Labium and endites light brown with lighter chewing margins. Sternum grey brown. Venter with white and grey brown pattern (Fig. 38). Epigyne with copulatory openings strongly sclerotized and close to each other (Figs 42-43). Copulatory ducts and spermathecae semicircular, the latter in diagonal position (Fig. 43). Dimensions. CL 1.82, CW 1.32, CH 0.83, EFL 0.78, AEW 1.22, PEW 1.09, AL 1.97, AW 1.45, LI: 5.24, LII: 3.64, LIII: 4.34, LIV: 4.92.

Male unknown.

Distribution.

Known from Mandjélia, Col d’Amieu and Dent de St. Vincent in New Caledonia (Fig. 44).