Rogmocrypta karolinae, 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 : 73

Rogmocrypta karolinae sp. n. Figures 10-15, 44

Material.

1♀ holotype, New Caledonia: Mandjélia (164°32'E, 20°24'S), 600m elev., rainforest, pitfalls, October 1992-17 February 1993, Raven R, Guillbert E, QM S44894; 1♀, paratype, same data as holotype; 3♀, New Caledonia: Mandjélia (1 64°32'E 20°24'S), pitfalls, 13 May–October 1992, Raven R, Guillbert E, Ingram G, QM S37722.

Etymology.

For Karolina, daughter of Joanna Gardzińska.

Diagnosis.

Cephalothorax and abdomen with distinctive patches of white scales (Figs 10-11). Copulatory openings closer to each other than in R. elegans (Fig. 15). Spermathecae horizontal (Figs 14-15).

Description.

Female holotype. Cephalothorax brown with darker cephalic part, with patches of scales (Fig. 10). Abdomen greyish brown, with three pairs of patches covered with white scales. Spinnerets whitish. Chelicerae with single retromargin 5-cuspidate tooth. Clypeus narrow (17% of AME diameter), covered with sparse white hairs. Labium and endites brown with lighter chewing margins. Sternum and venter greyish brown. Legs light brown, tibiae and metatarsi with darker bands (Fig. 12), metatarsi and patellae covered by white scales. Epigyne copulatory openings oriented towards each other, copulatory ducts sinuous, spermathecae C-shaped, close to each other (Fig. 15). Dimensions. CL 1.23, CW 0.95, CH 0.54, EFL 0.55, AEW 0.97, PEW 0.85, AL 1.15, AW 1.05, LI: 3.42, LII: 1.99, LIII: 1.70, LIV: 2.61.

Male unknown.

Distribution.

Known from type locality only (Fig. 44).