A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)
Author
PLATNICK, NORMAN I.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2002
2002-09-19
2002
271
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Desognaphosa bartle
,
new species
Figures 235–238
;
Map 16
TYPE:
Female
holotype
taken in a
pitfall trap
at an elevation of
50 m
on the
West
base of
Mount Bartle Frere
, 17
°
23
̍
S, 145
°
46
̍
E,
Queensland
(
Jan. 10–Mar. 31, 1995
;
G. Monteith
,
Hasenpusch
), deposited in
QMB
(
S28775
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the combination of a wide, medially invaginated retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 236) and the sshaped terminal elements on the palpal bulb (fig. 235), females by the ante riorly sharply angled median epigynal ducts (figs. 237, 238).
Figs. 227–230.
Desognaphosa pershouse
,
new species
.
227.
Left male palp, ventral view.
228.
Same, retrolateral view.
229.
Epigynum, ventral view.
230.
Same, dorsal view.
MALE: Total length 5.5. Coloration as in
D. bulburin
. Leg spination: tibiae: III v20 2; IV v01p2, r011; metatarsi: III v202; IV v222, r010. Retrolateral tibial apophysis wide, dorsal portion triangular, with subdistal tubercle, ventral portion rounded, paracymbial apophysis relatively short (fig. 236); distal palpal sclerites wrapped around each other, with retrolaterally directed tip (fig. 235).
FEMALE: Total length 6.2. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v21p2; IV v21p2, r011; metatarsi: III v202; IV v2 22, r010. Epigynal atrium with oblique lateral margins, medially weak anterior margin (fig. 237); median ducts long, making 90degree turn anterolaterally (fig. 238).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Queensland
:
Baldy Mountain
Road,
7 km
SW Atherton
, 17
°
17
̍
S, 145
°
24
̍
E,
Dec. 9, 1988
,
Berlese
, sieved rainforest litter, elev.
1150 m
(
G. Monteith
, G.
Thompson
,
QMB
S28750
), 13
;
W base,
Mount Bartle Frere
, 17
°
23
̍
S, 145
°
46
̍
E,
July 30, 1982
, rainforest litter, elev.
700 m
(S., J.
Peck
,
AMNH
),
1♀
,
Jan. 10–Mar. 31, 1995
,
pitfall
, elev.
50 m
(
G. Monteith
,
Hasenpusch
,
QMB
ex
S28775
),
1♀
,
intercept trap
, elev.
700 m
(
G. Monteith
,
Hasenpusch
,
QMB
S28725
), 13
;
Mount Fisher
, 17
°
33
̍
S, 145
°
32
̍
E,
Dec. 1, 1994
–
Jan. 3, 1995
, elev.
1150 m
(P.
Zborowski
,
QMB
S46228
), 13,
Jan. 3–31, 1996
,
pitfall
, elev.
1150 m
(L.
Umback
,
QMB
), 13,
Mar. 26– May 2, 1996
,
pitfall
, elev.
1150 m
(
P. Zborowski
,
QMB
), 13
;
Mount Fisher
,
7 km
SW Millaa Millaa
, 17
°
34
̍
S, 145
°
34
̍
E,
Apr. 27, 1982
,
Berlese
, sieved rainforest litter, elev.
1050 m
(
G. Monteith
, D.
Yeates
, D.
Cook
,
QMB
S26680
),
1♀
,
Berlese
, stick brushings, elev.
1100 m
(same collectors,
QMB
S26681
),
1♀
;
Palmerston National Park
, 17
°
36
̍
S, 145
°
42
̍
E,
July 25–Nov. 30, 1992
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
670 m
(
R. Raven
,
P., E. Lawless
, M.
Shaw
,
QMB
S21929
), 13
;
Tower
, near
The Crater National Park
, 17
°
27
̍
S, 145
°
29
̍
E,
Nov. 25, 1994
–
Jan. 10, 1995
,
intercept trap
, elev.
1230 m
(G.
Monteith
,
Hasenpusch
,
QMB
S28767
,
28769
), 23,
Jan. 10–Mar. 31, 1995
, same (
QMB
S37863
), 13
;
Upper Boulder Creek
,
11 km
NNW Tully
, 17
°
50
̍
S, 145
°
54
̍
E,
Oct. 27, 1983
,
Berlese
, sieved rainforest litter, elev.
900 m
(G.
Monteith
, D.
Yeates
,
Thompson
,
QMB
S26642
),
1♀
,
Dec. 6, 1989
, pyrethrum knockdown, mossy rocks, elev.
1000 m
(
G. Monteith
,
G. Thompson
,
H. Janetzki
,
QMB
S28757
),
1♀
;
Westcott Road
,
Topaz
, 17
°
25
̍
S, 145
°
42
̍
E,
July–Dec. 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
680 m
(G.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28726
), 13
.
Figs. 231–234.
Desognaphosa tyson
,
new species
.
231.
Left male palp, ventral view.
232.
Same, retrolateral view.
233.
Epigynum, ventral view.
234.
Same, dorsal view.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern
Queensland
(map 16).