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 Lamponella kanangra , new species Figures 368–371 ; Map 42 TYPE: Female holotype taken in litter in a Eucalyptus radiata ­dalrympleana association at Blood Filly Creek , near Jenolan Caves , Kanangra­Boyd National Park , 338539S, 1508049E, New South Wales ( Mar. 27, 1976 ; M. Gray , G. Hunt , J. McDougall ), deposited in AMS ( KS29968 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the thumb­shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis and protuberant tegulum (figs. 368, 369), females by the extremely narrow epigynal midpiece (fig. 370) and anteriorly expanded spermathecae (fig. 371). MALE: Total length 3.2. Abdominal dorsum gray, with only vague indications of pair of anterior pale spots; legs unmarked. Palpal femur short, unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis thumb­shaped (fig. 369); tegulum moderately expanded, reaching to about onefourth of tibial length, with distinct protuberance on retrolateral side; embolus rela­ 2000 PLATNICK: AUSTRALASIAN SPIDER FAMILY LAMPONIDAE 161 Figs. 368–371. Lamponella kanangra , new species . 368. Left male palp, ventral view. 369. Same, retrolateral view. 370. Epigynum, ventral view. 371. Same, dorsal view. tively wide, short, median apophysis relatively large (fig. 368). FEMALE: Total length 4.1. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece narrow, situated posterior of depressed anteromedian openings (fig. 370); spermathecae expanded, bulbous anteriorly (fig. 371). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales : Kanangra­Boyd National Park, 348019S, 1508059E, Mar. 20, 1982 , Berlese, closed forest litter and moss (L. Hill, QMB), 1?. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from New South Wales (map 42).