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 Epigastrina loongana Rix & Harvey , sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AEFBBEA7-2BF1-45B1-A755-FFD3F153ED95 Figs 63D , 64 , 213 Type material. Holotype female: Mostyn Hardy Cave ( Old Tourist Cave ) (L-4), Loongana karst, Tasmania , Australia , dark zone, 41°25'S , 146°00'E , 22.II.1969 , A. & T. Goede ( AMS KS72935 ). Etymology . The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, taken from the type locality. Diagnosis . Females of Epigastrina loongana can be distinguished from all other described congeners by the presence of only six reduced eyes ( Fig. 64B ). Males are unknown. Description . Holotype female : Total length 1.10. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.40 wide. Abdomen 0.69 long, 0.49 wide. Leg I femur 0.41. Cephalothorax, legs very pale tanyellow; abdomen pale cream, with darker tan-yellow epigyne. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Six reduced eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica; AME absent; PME separated by twice their own diameter. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.84); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalp entire, five-segmented. Epigyne heavily sclerotised externally, with distinctive, wedge-shaped epigastric plate ( Fig. 64C ); spermathecae globular, connecting to parallel, filiform insemination and fertilisation ducts ( Fig. 63D ). Distribution . Known only from Mostyn Hardy Cave in the Loongana karst of north-central Tasmania (Fig. 213). Remarks. Epigastrina loongana is a troglomorphic species with reduced eyes, otherwise very similar to E. fulva and E. typhlops .