Koppe Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001

Chu, Chang, Li, Shuqiang, Yao, Yanbin & Yao, Zhiyuan, 2023, One new genus and four new species of Liocranidae Simon, 1897 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam, ZooKeys 1181, pp. 219-240 : 219

Genus Koppe Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001

Type species.

Koppe montana Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 from Indonesia.

Comments.

Koppe resembles Oedignatha Thorell, 1881 (cf. Figs 1 , 2 and Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 261, figs 348-374; Chu et al. 2023: 178, fig. 2A-D) by having massive chelicerae (Fig. 2A-C ) and a simplistic genitalic organ structure (Fig. 1A ), but can be distinguished by the carapace surface without granules or pits (Fig. 2A, B ; present in Oedignatha ), by the clypeus with a slight conical hump or absent (Fig. 2A ; vs. clypeus with a distinct conical hump in Oedignatha ), and by the intercoxal sclerites enlarged (Fig. 2B ; absent in Oedignatha ).

Composition.

Koppe includes 14 species distributed in Asia and Oceania. Of these, 11 species are distributed in Southeast Asia: K. baerti Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. calciphila Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. doleschalli Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. kinabalensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Malaysia, K. kuntneri Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. minuta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. montana Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. no Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. princeps Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia, K. sumba Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (♂♀) from Indonesia and K. tinikitkita (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) (♀) from Philippines.

Figures

Figure 1. Koppe ninger sp. nov., holotype female (A, B) A epigyne, ventral view B vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct, CO = copulatory opening, EW = epigynal window, FD = fertilization duct, ITD = intertubular duct, SP I = spermatheca I, SP II = spermatheca II. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.

Figure 2. Koppe ninger sp. nov., holotype female (A-C) habitus A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view. Scale bar: 1.00 mm.