A Relimitation And Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)
Author
PLATNICK, NORMAN I.
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2000
2000-01-27
2000
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Lampona kirrama
,
new species
Figures 238–241
;
Map 27
TYPE: Female
holotype
taken under a long in Kirrama Forest, 188099S, 1458379E,
Queensland
(1981), deposited in
QMB
(
S34407
).
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males have a basally expanded palpal femur and a sinuous retrolateral tibial apophysis with a tip directed at about a 308 angle (fig. 239); females have a tongueshaped epigynal midpiece with laterally directed openings situated at about onethird the length of the spermathecae (fig. 240).
MALE: Total length 5.2. Abdominal dorsum with anterior pair of longitudinal white stripes connected to median transverse white band, band with posterolateral white extensions almost reaching transverse posterior white band; femora with distal, tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur basally expanded, especially along dorsal edge; retrolateral tibial apophysis sinuous, with tip directly distodorsally (fig. 239); tegulum enlarged, extending to about onethird length of palpal tibia; embolar base truncat ed, tip directed retrolaterally (fig. 238).
FEMALE: Total length 6.0. Coloration as in male. Epigynum with tongueshaped midpiece, openings directed laterally, situated near anterior edge of median portion of spermathecae (fig. 240); spermathecae tripartite, posterior portion longest, median portion widest, anterior portion rounded (fig. 241).
Map 26. Records of
Lampona superbus
,
new species
(squares) and
L. gosford
,
new species
(circles).
Figs. 234–237.
Lampona gosford
,
new species
.
234.
Left male palp, ventral view.
235.
Same, retrolateral view.
236.
Epigynum, ventral view.
237.
Same, dorsal view.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Queensland
:
Cable
tower 3,
Bellenden Ker Range
, 178169S, 1458519E,
Oct. 17–24, 1981
, pyrethrum knockdown, tree trunks, elev.
1054 m
(
QMB
S26250
), 1
/;
Cableway
base station,
Bellenden Ker Range
, 178169S, 1458549E,
Oct. 25–31, 1981
(
QMB
S27668
), 1
/;
Crystal Caverns
,
June 10, 1987
, nest on rock ledge (
FSCA
), 1
?;
Edge Hill
,
Botanic Garden
,
Cairns
, 168559S, 1458469E, beaten from bushes, rainforest,
Aug. 9, 1968
(
J. Balogh
,
HNHM
), 2
/;
Freshwater Creek
,
Cairns
, 168559S, 1458469E,
Aug. 11, 1968
, beating in eucalypt forest (
J. Balogh
,
HNHM
), 1
?;
Gayundah Creek
,
Hinchinbrook Island
, 188229S, 1468139E,
Nov. 7–15, 1984
(
D. Cook
,
G. Thompson
,
QMB
S34285
), 1
?;
Kirrama State Forest
,
32 km
NW Cardwell
, 188169S, 1468029E,
June 23–Aug. 8, 1982
,
intercept trap
, rainforest, elev.
800 m
(
S., J. Peck
,
AMNH
), 1
?;
Kuranda
, 168309S, 1458309E (
T. Henry
,
K. Henderson
,
S. Weller
,
USNM
), 1
?;
Kuranda
, 168499S, 1458399E,
Aug. 17, 1969
(
N. Coleman
,
OMD
), 1
/;
Kuranda
Road, 168499S, 1458399E,
May 13, 1987
, in rolled leaf in pisaurid (
Inola
sp.
) web (
R. Jackson
,
FSCA
), 1
/;
Kuranda State Forest
,
3 km
N Kuranda
, 168499S, 1458399E,
June 25–Aug. 3, 1982
,
intercept trap
, rainforest, elev.
360 m
(
S., J. Peck
,
AMNH
), 1
?;
Massey Creek
, 178379S, 1458349E,
May 30– July 1, 1996
,
Malaise trap
, elev.
1000 m
(
P. Zborowski
,
QMB
), 1
?;
Mossman
Bluff Track,
5–10 km
W Mossman
, 168289S, 1458229E,
Dec. 16–30, 1988
,
intercept trap
, elev.
480 m
(
G. Monteith
,
G. Thompson
,
QMB
S32409
), 1
/;
Mossman
Gorge,
Daintree National Park
, 168299S, 1458209E,
Apr. 29, 1998
(
G. Milledge
,
AMS
KS55272
), 1
/;
Mount Demi
summit, 168309S, 1458199E,
Dec. 17, 1995
–
Jan. 25, 1996
,
intercept trap
, elev.
1100 m
(
G. Monteith
,
G. Thompson
,
Ford
,
QMB
S34410
), 1
/;
Mount Fisher
, 178339S, 1458329E,
Mar. 26–May 2, 1996
,
in tercept trap
, elev.
1150 m
(
P. Zborowski
,
QMB), 1/; Mount Fisher,
7 km
SW Millaa Millaa, Whiteing Road, 178339S, 1458349E,
May 5, 1983
, pyrethrum knockdown, rain forest (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, QMB
S28084
), 1
/;
Mount Spurgeon
, 168289S
, 1458129E,
Nov. 20, 1997
–
Feb. 8, 1998
, pit fall, elev.
1140 m
(G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB
S43936
), 1/; Mount Windsor Table land, Whypalla State Forest, 168129S, 1448589E, summer, 1992–1993, pitfall (S. Barnett, QMB
S30453
), 1/; North Bell Peak, Malbon Thompson Range, 178069S,
Figs. 238–241.
Lampona kirrama
,
new species
.
238.
Left male palp, ventral view.
239.
Same, retrolateral view.
240.
Epigynum, ventral view.
241.
Same, dorsal view.
Map 27. Records of
Lampona kirrama
,
new species
.
Figs. 242–245.
Lampona monteithi
,
new species
.
242.
Left male palp, ventral view.
243.
Same, retrolateral view.
244.
Epigynum, ventral view.
245.
Same, dorsal view.
Map 28. Records of
Lampona monteithi
,
new species
.
Figs. 246–249.
Lampona finnigan
,
new species
.
246.
Left male palp, ventral view.
247.
Same, retrolateral view.
248.
Epigynum, ventral view.
249.
Same, dorsal view.
1458539E,
Nov. 20, 1990
, pyrethrum knock down, trees and logs (
G. Monteith
, H.
Janetzki
,
QMB
S34418
), 2
/;
Roaring Meg Valley
, 168049S, 1458259E,
Dec. 9, 1993
, pyrethrum, trees and logs, elev.
680 m
(
G. Monteith
,
QMB
S34401
), 1
/;
Saddle Mountain
, 168499S, 1458409E,
Nov. 21, 1994
,
Berlese
, sieved litter from summit, elev.
650 m
(
G. Monteith
,
QMB
S27957
), 1
?;
South Bell Peak
,
Malbon Thompson Range
, 178089S, 1458539E,
Nov. 20–21, 1990
, elev.
900 m
(
G. Monteith
,
G. Thompson
,
QMB
S34283
), 1
/;
Summit
TV station,
Bellenden Ker Range
, 178169S, 1458519E,
Oct. 25–31, 1981
, palm leaf bracts, elev.
1560 m
(
QMB
S27858
), 1/,
Nov. 1–7, 1981
, pyrethrum knockdown on logs, stones, and tree trunks, elev.
1560 m
(
QMB
S28087
), 1
/;
Windsor Tableland
,
28 km
NNW Mount Carbine
, 168169S, 1458089E,
Apr. 15–18, 1982
, pyrethrum knockdown, rainforest (
G. Monteith
,
D. Yeates
,
D. Cook
,
QMB
S28079
), 1
/;
16 km
NE Yungaburra on Gillies Road
, NE
Atherton
, 178179S, 1458359S,
June 24–Aug. 3, 1982
,
intercept trap
, rainforest (
S., J. Peck
,
AMNH
), 1
?.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern
Queensland
(map 27).