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
5348675
Graycassis marengo
,
new species
Figures 542–545
;
Map 62
TYPES:
Female
holotype
and male
allotype
taken in
pitfall
traps at an elevation of
1120 m
2.2 km NE along
Chimney Road
from
Chaelundi Road
,
Marengo State Forest
, 308069S, 1528249E,
New South Wales
(
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
;
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
), deposited in
AMS
(
KS35332
).
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: The bifid median apophysis, bearing a long and distally incised prolateral prong (fig. 542) of males, and the narrow anteromedian epigynal septum and shape of the anterior portion of the epigynum (fig. 544) are diagnostic.
MALE: Total length 5.3. Carapace dark reddishbrown, abdominal scutum brown, soft portions of abdomen gray, venter with longitudinal pale markings; legs brownish orange, femora darkest. Leg spination typical for genus. Retrolateral tibial apophysis bifid, with ventral prong hookshaped (fig. 543); median apophysis with long medial prong (fig. 542).
FEMALE: Total length 5.6. Coloration as in male. Leg spination typical for genus. Epigynum wide, anterior half divided by septum (fig. 544); spermathecae each with anterior accessory lobe (fig. 545).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
New South Wales
:
Big Bull Creek
, 2.7 km NE along
Foamy Creek
Road from
Chaelundi Road
,
Marengo State Forest
, 308079S, 1528259E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
920 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35331
), 13
?;
0.9 km S along
Chaelundi Road
from
Big Bull Creek
Road, Mount Hyland Nature Reserve, 308099S, 1528279E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1080 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35320
), 16?, 1
/;
1.9 km N along
Chaelundi Road
from
Big Bull Creek
Road, Mount Hyland Nature Reserve, 308089S, 1528269E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1160 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35323
), 18?, 1
/;
0.4 km SW along
Chimney Road
from junction of
Buckboard
and
Foamy Creek
Roads,
Marengo State Forest
, 308069S, 1528259E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1090 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35340
), 1
?;
2.2 km NE along
Chimney Road
from
Chaelundi Road
,
Marengo State Forest
, 308069S, 1528249E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1120 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35332
), 2
?;
0.4 km ENE junction of
Hardens
and
Chaelundi Roads
,
Marengo State Forest
, 308089S, 1528259E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1290 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35328
), 1
?;
Obeloe Creek
, 2.0 km SW along
Obeloe Road
from
Chaelundi Road
,
Mount Hyland Nature Reserve
, 308099S, 1528279E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
910 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35326
), 23?, 2
/;
Opossum Creek
, upstream of
Foamy Creek
Road,
Marengo State Forest
, 308069S, 1528259E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
830 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS35343
), 18?, 3/.
Figs. 542–545.
Graycassis marengo
,
new species
.
542.
Left male palp, ventral view.
543.
Same, retrolateral view.
544.
Epigynum, ventral view.
545.
Same, dorsal view.
DISTRIBUTION:
New South Wales
(map 62).