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 Lamponina loftia , new species Figures 307–310 ; Map 36 TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap in Loftia Recreation Park , Mount Lofty Ranges , South Australia , 358029S, 1388429E ( Mar. 20–27, 1990 ; D. Hirst ), deposited in SAM ( N1996 /240) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Members of this species can easily be separated from those of the other known Lamponina species by the presence of a distinctive dark, longitudinal stripe extending along the midline of the abdominal venter, from the epigastric furrow to the spinnerets. Males have an unmodified palpal femur and a low retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 308); females have the median epigynal ducts forming an m­shaped pattern (fig. 310). MALE: Total length 8.4. Abdominal dorsum dark gray, with white markings usually restricted to tiny posterior white spot no wid­ er than spinneret field; venter mottled gray, with dark, longitudinal stripe extending along midline from epigastric furrow to spinnerets; legs reddish­brown, with femora and sides of tibiae darkest. Palpal femur without ventral invagination; retrolateral tibial apophysis short, not protuberant ventrally (fig. 308); tegulum with pronounced posterolateral corner, embolus relatively short, tip abruptly bent at base (fig. 307). Figs. 303–306. Lamponina kakadu , new species . 303. Left male palp, ventral view. 304. Same, retrolateral view. 305. Epigynum, ventral view. 306. Same, dorsal view. FEMALE: Total length 6.1. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece shield­shaped (fig. 309); spermathecae small, on long, narrow stalks, median ducts forming m­shaped pattern (fig. 310). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: South Australia : SE Big Desolation , Gum Lagoon , 368169S, 1398599E, Mar. 25, 1992 , vibration on stony ground (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /245– 247), 1?, 2 /; Bretag Scrub , Monarto Zoological Park , 358079S, 1398109E, Oct. 11–15, 1993 (T. Morley , P. Goonan , SAM N1996 / 236), 1 /; Burnside , Adelaide , 348569S, 1388389E, Jan. 6, 1990 (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /235), 1 ?; Carrappee Hill Conservation Park , 338259S, 1368169E, Apr. 2, 1987 , under rock (D. Lee , D. Hirst , SAM N1996 / 261), 1 /; Cortina Station , Coorong , via Kingston , 368209S, 1398459E, Jan. 20, 1968 (A. Forbes , SAM N1996 /242), 1 /; Gum Lagoon Conservation Park , 368179S, 1408029E, Mar. 16–26, 1992 , vibration, lagoon edge (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /248–252), 1?, 4/, pitfall ( D. Hirst , J. Forrest , SAM N1996 /243, 244), 1?, 1 /; Jip Jip Conservation Park , 368299S, 1408119E, Mar. 23, 1992 , vibration (J. Forrest , D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /256), 1 ?; N Keilira , 368359S, 1408109E, Mar. 23, 1992 , pitfall (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /259, 260), 2 ?; 13 km N Keilira Station , 368379S, 1408109E, Mar. 23, 1992 , vibration (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 / 257, 258), 2 /; Loftia Recreation Park , Mount Lofty Ranges , 358029S, 1388429E, Mar. 25, 1984 , Berlese sample, litter and soil under Eucalyptus obliqua (R. Southcott , SAM N1996 /237), 1?, Sept. 14, 1989 , in litter with moss (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /238), 1/, Mar. 20–27, 1990 , pitfall (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /240), 1?, in litter (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /239), 1 /; northern lagoon, Gum Lagoon Conservation Park , 368189S, 1408019E, Mar. 25, 1992 , vibration (J. Forrest , D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /253–255), 3 /; Ravine de Casoars , Kangaroo Island , 358489S, 1368369E, Nov. 5–6, 1987 (D. Hirst , SAM N1996 /234), 1/. Victoria : 5 km E Dunolly , 368519S, 1438449E, Aug. 4, 1983 , leaf litter (R. Moran , NMV K3439 ), 1 /; 4.5 km S Wychitella , 368199S, 1438369E, Mar. 26–29, 1990 , mallee (A. Coventry , NMV K4666 ), 1 ?; Upper Lurg , 368359S, 1468119E, Feb. 18, 1995 , house at night (J. Strudwick , CVIC 632 ), 1 ?. Map 36. Records of Lamponina loftia , new species (circles) and L. isa , new species (squares). Figs. 307–310. Lamponina loftia , new species . 307. Left male palp, ventral view. 308. Same, retrolateral view. 309. Epigynum, ventral view. 310. Same, dorsal view. DISTRIBUTION: South Australia and Victoria (map 36).