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 1 328 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 5348675 Lamponella taroom , new species Figures 392–395 ; Map 45 TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap in the Taroom District at Boggomoss No 8, 258279S , 1508029E, Queensland ( Sept. 10– Nov. 11, 1996 ; P. Lawless ), deposited in QMB ( S34364 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the triangular embolus (fig. 392), females by the arched anterior epigynal margin and anteriorly expanded spermathecae (figs. 394, 395). MALE: Total length 2.7. Abdominal dorsum dark gray, with scattered, small, rounded white markings and pale posterior hairline chevrons; legs unmarked. Retrolateral tibial apophysis small, triangular (fig. 393); palpal bulb posteriorly truncated, with flat, triangular embolus (fig. 392). FEMALE: Total length 4.5. Abdominal dorsum light gray, with markings as in male. Epigynum with arched anterior margin situated at about half of epigynal length (fig. 394); spermathecae expanded, globose anteriorly (fig. 395). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland : Taroom District , Boggomoss No. 1, 258269S , 1508029E, Sept. 9–Nov. 12, 1996 , pitfall ( P. Lawless , QMB ex S34412 ), 1 ?; Taroom District , Boggomoss No. 8, 258279S , 1508029E, Nov. 12, 1996 , Berlese , sieved open forest litter, elev. 180 m ( G. Monteith , QMB S34363 ), 1 /; Taroom District , 7 km N Ooline Scrub , 258369S, 1498469E, Sept. 11–Nov. 12, 1996 , road verge, pitfall ( P. Lawless , QMB S34365 ), 1 /; Taroom District , 9 km N of Ooline Scrub , 258359S, 1498469E, Nov. 10, 1996 – Jan. 12, 1997 , road verge, pitfall ( P. Lawless , QMB S36622 ), 1 /. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Taroom District, southeastern Queensland (map 45).