Guiniella tropica ( Forster, 1959 ) Rix & Harvey, 2010

Rix, Michael & Harvey, Mark, 2010, The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level, ZooKeys 36 (36), pp. 1-321 : 47

Guiniella tropica ( Forster, 1959) , comb. n.

Figs 72–73

Textricella tropica Forster, 1959: 295 , figs 58–63, 139. Forster & Platnick, 1981: 266, fig. 13. Brignoli, 1983: 375, 695. Platnick, 2009.

Type material. Holotype male: Daulo Pass , Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, from moss, rainforest, 8000 ft, 22.VIII.1956, T. Woodward ( QMB S111 ).

Paratypes: Allotype female, same data as holotype ( QMB S111 ) .

Remarks. The type specimens of this species are in very poor condition (see Fig. 72 ), especially the paratype female, in which the epigyne has been damaged due to partial dissection. Daulo Pass (the type locality) and Mount Otto (recorded in Forster 1959) are situated in mountainous regions of Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands, at altitudes of over 2,200 metres.

Figures

Figure 72. Guiniella tropica (Forster) from Daulo Pass, Papua New Guinea (QMB S111): A allotype female habitus, dorsal view B holotype male cephalothorax, dorsal view C allotype female cephalothorax, antero-dorsal view. Note the very poor condition of the type specimens.

Figure 73. Right pedipalp of holotype male Guiniella tropica (Forster) from Daulo Pass, Papua New Guinea (QMB S111). Note that the illustration has been mirror-imaged for comparison to other left pedipalps. Scale bar = 0.065 mm (65 µm).