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 antipoda
(
Forster, 1959
)
,
comb. n.
Figs 86
C–D, 87D
Textricella antipoda
Forster, 1959: 288
, figs 33–34 (
holotype
male from Meads Landing, Lake Hawea,
Otago
,
New Zealand
, in
Canterbury
Museum, not examined).
Brignoli, 1983: 375
.
Platnick, 2009
.
Selected
material examined.
NEW ZEALAND
:
South Island
:
Otago
:
Meads Landing
,
Lake Hawea
,
20.I.1951
,
R. Forster
, 1♁,
1♀
(
AMNH
)
;
Kidds Bush
,
Lake Hawea
,
9.IV.1979
,
R. Forster
, 6♁,
11♀
(
AMNH
)
.
Remarks
.
Rayforstia antipoda
is most similar to the other eight-eyed species of
Rayforstia
described from
New Zealand
(
R. insula
,
R. mcfarlanei
,
R. signata
and
R. vulgaris
), but can be distinguished by the distinctive shape of the external epigyne and the L-shaped receptacula (
Figs 86D
,
87D
).