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 Lampona finke , new species Figures 74–77 ; Map 4 TYPE: Female holotype from Finke River , 258519S, 1358039E, Northern Territory ( Oct. 1994 ; R. Raven ), deposited in QMB ( S34284 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of L. foliifera but have a more pronounced ventral protuberance on the base of the palpal femur (fig. 75); females also resemble those of L. foliifera but have a large epigynal midpiece rather than a deep anterior excavation (fig. 76). MALE: Total length 5.5. Abdominal dorsum with anterior pair of white spots almost fused, median pair fully fused into transverse stripe; legs yellow, undarkened, unmarked. Palpal femur with small, pimple­shaped ventral protuberance; retrolateral tibial apophysis expanded laterally at both sides of tip (fig. 75); tegulum massively expanded, reaching almost to tip of tibia; embolus long, wide, with short, arched tip (fig. 75). FEMALE: Total length 6.8. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece large, wide, reaching beyond tips of spermathecae (fig. 76), spermathecae bipartite, widely separated (fig. 77). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: South Australia : Serpentine Lakes , 288309S, 1298009E, Apr. 16, 1994 , under bark ( D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /313), 1/, Apr. 17, 1994 , under eucalypt bark ( J. Forrest , SAM N1996 /225), 1 ?; E side, Serpentine Lakes , 288309S, 1298029E, Apr. 18, 1994 , under bark ( P. Hudson , SAM N1996 /312), 1 /. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Northern Territory and South Australia (map 4).