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
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Rayforstia propinqua
(
Forster, 1959
)
,
comb. n.
Figs 86
E–F, 87F
Textricella propinqua
Forster, 1959: 285
, figs 26–27 (
holotype
male from Cass Riv- er,
Canterbury
,
New Zealand
, in
Canterbury
Museum, not examined).
Brignoli, 1983: 375
.
Platnick, 2009
.
Selected
material examined.
NEW ZEALAND
:
South Island
:
Canterbury
:
Broken River,
21.VI.1956
, R. Forster,
4♀
(
MCZ
).
Remarks
.
Rayforstia propinqua
is most similar to the other six-eyed species of
Rayforstia
described from
New Zealand
(
R. plebeia
,
R. salmoni
,
R. scuta
and
R. wisei
), but can be distinguished by the distinctive shape of the external epigyne and the ‘peanutshaped’ spermathecae (
Figs 86F
,
87F
).