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 signata
(
Forster, 1959
)
,
comb. n.
Figs 86
A–B, 87C
Textricella signata
Forster, 1959: 283
, figs 24–25 (
holotype
male from Lake Janet,
Canterbury
,
New Zealand
, in
Canterbury
Museum, not examined).
Brignoli, 1983: 375
.
Platnick, 2009
.
Selected
material examined.
NEW ZEALAND
:
South Island
:
Canterbury
:
Lake Janet
,
1.VIII.1949
,
R. Forster
,
4♀
(
AMNH
)
;
Puhipuhi Valley
,
Kaikoura
,
12.X.1965
,
A. Walker
, 9♁,
4♀
(
AMNH
)
.
Marlborough
:
Saxton Pass
,
Molesworth
,
17.VIII.1966
,
A. Walker
, 6♁,
6♀
(
AMNH
)
.
Remarks
.
Rayforstia signata
is most similar to the other eight-eyed species of
Rayforstia
described from
New Zealand
(
R. antipoda
,
R. insula
,
R. mcfarlanei
and
R. vulgaris
), but can be distinguished by the distinctive shape of the external epigyne (
Fig. 86B
).