The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level Author Rix, Michael Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Perth, Australia Author Harvey, Mark Western Australian Museum, Perth, Welshpool, Australia text ZooKeys 2010 2010-02-22 36 36 1 321 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.36.306 4db6b327-7482-432e-a5f6-36f91c79fef3 1313–2970 576620 ADCACC88-6C78-4386-8E33-3F98234ECE92 Rayforstia vulgaris ( Forster, 1959 ) , comb. n. Figs 7H , 47B , 84 , 85 , 87 A–B, 92–95 Textricella vulgaris Forster, 1959: 286 , figs 28–32 ( holotype male from Lake Te Au, Southland , New Zealand , in Canterbury Museum, not examined). Forster & Platnick, 1981: 264 , figs 3, 18–19, 27. Brignoli, 1983: 375 , 695. Forster & Platnick, 1984: 92 , figs 357–359, 362–367, 371–374. Platnick, 2009 . Selected material examined. NEW ZEALAND : South Island : Southland : Lake Te Au , near S. Arm of Lake Te Anau , 12–24.I.1953 , R. Forster , 5♁, 7♀ ( MCZ ) ; Fiordland , Cascade Creek , Eglinton Valley , 23.I.1951 , R. Forster , 5♁, 8♀ ( MCZ ) ; Fiordland National Park , Smithy Creek , 67 km N. of Te Anau , 17.IV.1995 , C. Griswold , T. Meikle , 1♁, 4♀ ( CAS ) . Canterbury : Coral Track entrance, between Arthurs Pass and Otira , 2.IV.2006 , M. Rix , 2♁, 1♀ ( WAM T94456 ) ; Lewis Pass , 1.IV.2006 , M. Rix , 11♁, 18♀ ( WAM T94455 SEM♁ ♀ ) ; same data, 1♁ ( WAM T80031 DNA-MPE ) . Remarks . Rayforstia vulgaris is a common and relatively widespread species on the South Island of New Zealand . It is most similar to the other eight-eyed species of Rayforstia described from New Zealand ( R. antipoda , R. insula , R. mcfarlanei and R. signata ), but can be distinguished by the distinctive shape of the external epigyne and receptacula ( Figs 84D , 87 A–B).