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
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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 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).