Remarks on the spider genus Koppe Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (Araneae: Liocranidae), including the first records from India Author Sankaran, Pradeep M. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-28 5104 3 436 440 journal article 92622 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.7 3296202c-9149-4baa-9c8e-249931e5a10d 1175-5326 6332101 0BCDA1D8-7DC5-445A-899C-1260CA5B6F4C Koppe armata ( Simon, 1896 ) Fig. 3 Medmassa armata Simon, 1896: 415 ( ♀ ). Koppe armata Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 276 , 396 (examined syntype female of M . armata ; transfer from Medmassa ). Type material. Syntype ♀ ( MNHN 12266 ) from SRI LANKA : Galle ( 06°03'N , 80°13'E ; 13 m a.s.l. ), date unknown, collector unknown, not examined . Other material. 1♀ ( RNMH ARA .15256) from SRI LANKA : Kandy ( 07°17'N , 80°38'E ; 544 m a.s.l. ), 7–11 August 1981 , leg. Deeleman-Reinhold , examined based on photographs . Diagnosis. Females of K . armata are closely related to the females of K. baerti Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 , as both share similar M-shaped anterior epigynal margin and vulva with highly twisted ducts, but can be distinguished from the latter by femur I with two prolateral spines (vs. absent in K . baerti ) and epigynal window with triangular, median flap (vs. median flap absent in K . baerti ) (cf. Fig. 3H and Deeleman-Reinhold 2001 : figs 399–400). Supplementary description. Female ( Fig. 3A–G ) in alcohol. Prosoma, chelicerae, palps and legs brownish; thoracic part with pale black patches; opisthosoma greyish-black, with brown dorsal scutum; spinnerets creamy-white. Fovea narrow, straight, short, dark ( Fig. 3A ). AER slightly and PER moderately procurved, both in dorsal view ( Fig. 3A ). Femur I with two prolateral spines, ventrally with numerous tiny, thorn-like spines ( Fig. 3D–E , arrows); tibia I with nine pro- and nine retrolateral ventral spines ( Fig. 3F–G ); metatarsus I with six pro- and six retrolateral ventral spines ( Fig. 3F–G ). Opisthosoma globular, with complete dorsal scutum ( Fig. 3C ). Epigyne ( Fig. 3H ): epigyne less sclerotised, with wider than long epigynal window having small, triangular, median flap; anterior epigynal margin M-shaped, posterior margin convex. Copulatory openings indistinct. Vulva with twisted and sclerotised ducts.