Rogmocrypta patryki, 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 : 76

Rogmocrypta patryki sp. n. Figures 22-27, 44

Material.

1♀ holotype, New Caledonia: Mt. Oua Tilou (164°51'28"E, 20°51'57"S), arête S, 510 m elev., foret sèche, berlesate, st. 198a, 19 October 1988, A&S Tillier, Chazeau J, MNHN; 1♀ paratype same data as holotype; 1♀, New Caledonia: Mt. Panié, 450-950m, 14 May 1984, Monteith G, Cook D, QM S35668; 1♀, New Caledonia: Mt. Panié summit, 1628 m elev., 15 May 1984, Monteith G, Cook D, QM S35665; 2♀, 1 juv. New Caledonia: Mt. Oua Tilou (164°51'28"E, 20°51'57"S), arête S, 510m elev., foret sèche, berlese, st. 198a, 19 October 1988, A&S Tillier, Chazeau J, MNHN.

Etymology.

For Patryk Patoleta, Barbara Patoleta’s son.

Diagnosis.

Abdomen with lighter chevrons and distinctive white patches (Fig. 23). Copulatory openings close to each other, orientated posteriorly, and located well anteriorly to spermathecae (Figs 25-27).

Description.

Female holotype. Cephalothorax brown, with darker eye field and foveal depression (Fig. 22). Abdomen greyish brown, with distinctive pattern as in Fig. 23. Spinnerets light brown. Cheliceral retromarginal tooth 5-cuspidate. Clypeus brown, much narrower (6%) than AME diameter. Labium and endites light brown. Sternum brown. Venter whitish, with brownish spots. Legs brown, tibiae and metatarsi with darker bands (Figs 22, 24). Epigyne copulatory ducts and spermathecae semicircular, the latter in diagonal position (Figs 26-27). Dimensions. CL 1.40, CW 1.05, CH 0.65, EFL 0.63, AEW 1.00, PEW 0.95, AL 1.53, AW 1.08, LI: 3.06, LII: 2.42, LIII: 2.56, LIV: 3.37.

Male unknown.

Distribution.

Known from Mt. Panié and Mt. Oua Tilou in New Caledonia (Fig. 44).