Epigastrina loongana Rix & Harvey 2010

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 tan-yellow; 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).