A Relimitation And Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)
Author
PLATNICK, NORMAN I.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2000
2000-01-27
2000
245
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0090%282000%29245%3C0001%3AARAROT%3E2.0.CO%3B2
journal article
10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2
0003-0090
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Lampona spec
,
new species
Figures 134–137
;
Map 12
TYPE: Male
holotype
taken in a
Malaise trap
at an elevation of
875 m
on
Mount Spec
, 198009S, 1468119E,
Queensland
(
May 8–June 5, 1995
;
M. Cermak
), deposited in
QMB
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: This odd species resembles
L. moorilyanna
but has a distally truncated retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 135); females are unique in having tripartite spermathecae in which the median portions have been squeezed behind the anterior and posterior portions, so that they are readily visible only in ventral view (figs. 136, 137).
MALE: Total length 6.2. Abdominal dorsum with large anterior and smaller posterior white spots occupying almost full width of abdomen, venter unmarked, posterior femora and tibiae with subdistal dark rings. Palpal femur with very long setae but otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis wide, almost straight, with dorsally directed projection at tip (fig. 135); palpal bulb elongate, embolus narrow, recessed behind translucent membranes (fig. 134).
FEMALE: Total length 7.9. Coloration as in male. Epigynum with diamondshaped septum, not extending as far anteriorly as spermathecae (fig. 136); spermathecae tripartite but with median portion squeezed into dorsal
position, scarcely visible in ventral view (fig. 137).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Queensland
:
Mount Spec, 198009S, 1468119E,
Feb. 6–Mar. 9, 1995
, intercept trap, elev.
875 m
(M. Cermak, QMB), 1/.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern
Queensland
(map 12).