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
Centrothele nardi
,
new species
Figures 426–429
;
Map 48
TYPES:
Female
holotype
and male
allotype
taken in
pitfall
traps in rainforest at an elevation of
762 m
on
Mount Nardi
, via
Nimbin
, 288329S, 1538179E,
New South Wales
(
Mar. 23–Aug. 2, 1975
;
G., S. Monteith
), deposited in
QMB
(
S28129
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the basally narrow embolus (fig. 426), females by the long, deeply depressed epigynal atrium (fig. 428).
MALE: Total length 8.0. Abdominal dorsum gray, without pair of transverse white stripes, soft portions of cuticle with interrupted narrow lines of white spots, venter pale white, unmarked; legs unmarked. Leg spination: tibiae: III v222, r011; IV p01 1; metatarsi: III p111; IV p111, r111. Retrolateral tibial apophysis relatively short, laterally convex (fig. 427); embolar base narrow, embolar apophysis long, straight, tegular apophysis long, median apophysis laterally flattened, situated opposite bump on tegulum (fig. 426).
FEMALE: Total length 8.2. Coloration and leg spination as in male. Epigynal hood wide, beakshaped, situated above depression continuous with epigynal atrium (fig. 428); dor salmost ducts almost as long as median ones (fig. 429).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
New South Wales
:
Mount Nardi
, via
Nimbin
, 288329S, 1538179E,
Mar. 23–Aug. 2, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
762 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28328
), 2?, 1/ (penultimate).
Queensland
:
Binna Burra
,
Lamington National Park
, 288129S, 1538119E,
Mar. 27, 1976
(
R. Raven
,
V. Davies
,
QMB
S26501
), 1
?;
Booloumba Creek
, via
Conondale
, 268399S, 1528399E,
Feb. 22–Apr. 19, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
518–550 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S12166
,
S28136
,
S28141
,
S28147
), 5?,
Apr. 19–Aug. 23, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
518 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28140
), 1
?;
Cooran Plateau
, via
Traveston
, 268219S, 1528479E,
Mar. 28–Aug. 13, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
366 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28182
), 1
?;
Dingo Creek
, via
Traveston
, 268209S, 1518529E,
Aug. 10–Nov. 9, 1974
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
30 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28191
), 3
?;
Mount Glorious
,
Hiller
property, 278209S, 1528469E,
Jan. 20–June 26, 1978
, rainforest
pitfall
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S26482
), 2
?;
Mount Glorious
barracks, 278189S, 1528459E,
Mar
, 6–
May 29, 1992
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
750 m
(G.
Monteith
,
QMB
S30482
,
S32474
), 2?, 5
/;
Mount Cabinet
, via
Jimna
, 268459S, 1528279E,
June 16–Aug. 23, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
792 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28330
), 1
/;
Numinbah Arch
,
Nerang Valley
, 288129S, 1538139E,
Oct. 26–Dec. 14, 1974
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
305 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28353
), 1/,
Mar. 22–May 25, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
305 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S12198
,
S28371
), 3?, 4/,
May 25–Oct. 13, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
305 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28339
), 5
/;
Tungi Creek
, via
Jimna
, 268409S, 1528289E,
Mar. 29–June 16, 1975
, rainforest
pitfall
, elev.
55 m
(G., S.
Monteith
,
QMB
S28349
), 2
?;
Upper Tallebudgera Valley
, 288159S, 1538169E,
Mar.–July 1985
, rainforest, elev.
530 m
(D.
Cook
,
QMB
S28393
), 1
?.
DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern
Queensland
and adjacent
New South Wales
(map 48).