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
Lampona finnigan
,
new species
Figures 246–249
;
Map 29
TYPE:
Female
holotype
taken by pyrethrum knockdown in rainforest at an elevation of
1100 m
on the summit of
Mount Finnigan
, via
Helenvale
, 158499S, 1458179E,
Queensland
(
Nov. 28, 1985
;
G. Monteith
,
D. Cook
,
L. Roberts
), deposited in
QMB
(
S30369
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the almost cshaped retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 247, females by the very small epigynum with anteriorly situated openings (fig. 248).
MALE: Total length 5.3. Coloration as in
L. kirrama
. Palpal femur darkened but unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis almost cshaped (fig. 247); tegulum only slightly expanded, reaching only to about onesixth of tibial length; in ventral view, conductor covering middle portion of embolus (fig. 246).
FEMALE: Total length 5.6. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece long, reaching entire length of spermathecae, openings situat ed at anterior edge (fig. 248); spermathecae tripartite, anterior portion expanded laterally (fig. 249).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Queensland
:
4.5–5.0 km W
Cape Tribulation
(top camp), 168059S, 1458269E,
Sept. 27–Oct. 7, 1982
, rainforest, elev.
760–780 m
(
G. Monteith
,
D. Yeates
,
G. Thompson
,
QMB
S28086
), 1
?;
Mount Finnigan
,
37 km
S Cooktown
, 158499S, 1458179E,
Apr. 19–22, 1982
, rainforest (
G. Monteith
,
D. Yeates
,
D. Cook
,
QMB
S28081
), 1?,
Dec. 20, 1982
, pyrethrum knockdown, elev.
1100 m
(
L. Roberts
,
QMB
S28075
), 1
?;
Mount Finnigan
, summit, via
Helenvale
, 158499S, 1458179E,
Nov. 28–30, 1985
, rainforest, elev.
1100 m
(
G. Monteith
, D.
Cook
, L.
Roberts
,
QMB
S30171
), 2?,
Dec. 3–5, 1990
, pyrethrum knockdown, elev.
1050 m
(
G. Monteith
,
R. Sheridan
,
L. Roberts
,
G. Thompson
,
QMB
S30338
), 2
?;
Mount Pieter Botte
, 168049S, 1458249E,
Nov. 21, 1993
, pyrethrum, trees, logs, rocks (
G. Monteith
,
H. Jantezki
,
QMB
S34415
), 1
?.
Figs. 250–253.
Lampona lamington
,
new species
.
250.
Left male palp, ventral view.
251.
Same, retrolateral view.
252.
Epigynum, ventral view.
253.
Same, dorsal view.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern
Queensland
(map 29).