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
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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
Pseudolampona emmett
,
new species
Figures 750–753
;
Map 85
TYPES:
Female
holotype
from
pitfall
trap at
Emmett Creek
,
S of Townsville
, 198279S, 1478039E,
Queensland
(
Oct. 26, 1991
–
July 27, 1992
;
P. Lawless
,
M. Shaw
,
R. Raven
), deposited in
QMB
(
S21954
), and male
allotype
(same data except
pitfall
set
Dec. 2, 1992
–
Apr. 12, 1993
), deposited in
QMB
(
S34331
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males of this small species can be recognized by the distally bifid median apophysis (fig. 750), females by the long lateral epigynal margins and widely separated spermathecae (fig. 752).
Map 84. Records of
Pseudolampona warrandyte
,
new species
(circles) and
P. boree
,
new species
(squares).
Figs. 750–753.
Pseudolampona emmett
,
new species
.
750.
Left male palp, ventral view.
751.
Same, retrolateral view.
752.
Epigynum, ventral view.
753.
Same, dorsal view.
MALE: Total length 1.9. Coloration as in
P. warrandyte
except abdominal dorsum with only four dark chevrons (posterior stripe interrupted medially), venter with only a pair of small, posterior, dark spots. Retrolateral tibial apophysis small, triangular (fig. 751); median apophysis distally bifid (fig. 750).
FEMALE: Total length 3.3. Coloration as in male. Lateral epigynal margins relatively long, reaching full length of spermathecae (fig. 752); spermathecae widely separated anteriorly (fig. 753).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Queensland
:
Emmett
Creek
, S
Townsville
, 198279S, 1478039E,
Oct. 26, 1991
–
July 27, 1992
,
pitfall
(
P. Lawless
,
R. Raven
,
M. Shaw
,
QMB
S24755
), 1?,
July 27–Dec. 2, 1992
,
pitfall
(
R. Raven
,
P., E. Lawless
,
M. Shaw
,
QMB
S24748
), 1/,
Dec. 2, 1992
–
Apr. 12, 1993
,
pitfall
(
P. Lawless
,
M. Shaw
,
R. Raven
, ex
QMB
S34331
), 1
?;
Killymoon Creek
, S
Townsville
, 198249S, 1478019E,
Oct. 26, 1991
–
July 27, 1992
,
pitfall
(P.
Lawless
,
R. Raven
,
M. Shaw
,
QMB
S19955
), 1?, 1/,
July 27–Dec. 2, 1992
,
pitfall
(R.
Raven
,
P., E. Lawless
,
M. Shaw
,
QMB
S22979
), 1
?;
Tungi Creek
,
Jimna
, 268409S, 1528289E,
Dec. 18, 1996
–
Jan. 20, 1997
, rainforest
pitfalls
(
G. Monteith
,
QMB
S35377
), 3
?;
5 km
E Yarraman
, 268529S, 1528039E,
June 19, 1982
,
Berlese
, closed forest turkey mound litter (L.
Hill
,
QMB
), 1
/.
Map 85. Records of
Pseudolampona emmett
,
new species
(circles) and
P. woodman
,
new species
(squares).
Figs. 754–757.
Pseudolampona woodman
,
new species
.
754.
Left male palp, ventral view.
755.
Same, retrolateral view.
756.
Epigynum, ventral view.
757.
Same, dorsal view.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from south and mideastern
Queensland
(map 85).