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 davies
,
new species
Figures 258–261
;
Map 30
TYPE:
Female
holotype
from
Davies Creek
, 168559S, 1458329E,
Queensland
(
Mar. 12, 1972
;
N. Coleman
), deposited in
QMB
(28102)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the almost straight retrolateral edge of those parts of the retrolateral tibial apophysis posterior to the angled tip (fig. 259), females by the greatly widened median portions of the spermathecae, which flank the narrow epigynal midpiece (figs. 260, 261).
MALE: Total length 4.9. Abdominal dorsum with vague indications of fused anterior and median white spots; anterior femora darkened, posterior femora with subdistal, posterior tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur darkened, basal portion flattened laterally, otherwise unmodified; re trolateral tibial apophysis almost straight below angled tip (fig. 259); tegulum slightly expanded, reaching to about onefourth of tibial length; embolus with long, narrow tip recessed far behind conductor (fig. 258).
FEMALE: Total length 5.2. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece long, narrow, flanked by enlarged median portions of spermathecae (figs. 260, 261).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Queensland
:
Davies Creek
, 168559S, 1458329E,
Mar. 12, 1972
(
N. Coleman
,
QMB
28102), 1/ (plus
holotype
)
;
Mount Lewis
,
20 km
SW Mossman
, 168289S, 1458229E,
June 26–Aug. 1, 1982
,
intercept trap
, rainforest, elev.
1000 m
(
S., J. Peck
,
AMNH
), 1
?;
North Bell Peak
,
20 km
S Cairns
, 168559S, 1458469E,
Sept. 15–16, 1981
, pyrethrum knockdown, elev.
900–1000 m
(
G. Monteith
,
D. Cook
,
QMB
S28080
), 1
?;
Pauls Luck
,
Carbine Tableland
, 168279S, 1458169E,
Nov. 29, 1990
(
G. Monteith
,
H. Janetzki
,
QMB
S34402
), 1
?;
Upper Whyanbeel Creek
, 168239S, 1458179E,
Sept. 5, 1992
, pyrethrum, mossy rocks, elev.
1150 m
(
G. Monteith
,
QMB
S40185), 1
?.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern
Queensland
(map 30).