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
Asadipus auld
,
new species
Figures 614–617
;
Map 66
TYPES:
Male
holotype
taken in a
fence pitfall trap
at
Lake Auld
, 218449S, 1238409E,
Western Australia
(
June 13, 1986
;
L. Charlton
), deposited in
WAM
(87/1142), and female
allotype
with the same data but captured one day earlier, deposited in
WAM
(87/ 1143)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the thickened embolus and sinuous sperm duct (figs. 614, 615), females by the rectangular anterior epigynal openings (fig. 616) and anteriorly massive spermathecae (fig. 617).
MALE: Total length 7.0. Coloration as in
A. phaleratus
. Leg spination: tibiae: III r00 1; IV v222; metatarsi IV v1p20. Retrolateral tibial apophysis reaching to about onethird of cymbial length (fig. 615); embolus originating on prolateral side of bulb, thickened throughout its length, ventral portion of terminal apophysis distally expanded, membranous, dorsal portion terminating in long, sharply bent, sclerotized spur accompanying membranous conductor (fig. 614).
FEMALE: Total length 7.9. Coloration as in
A. phaleratus
. Leg spination: tibiae: III v1p 22, r001; IV p001. Epigynal openings situated anteriorly, rectangular (fig. 616); spermathecae anteriorly inflated (fig. 617).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
South Australia
:
23 km
WSW Illintjitja
, 268179S, 1308109E,
May 9–13, 1993
,
pitfall
(
SAM
N1996
/419), 1
?;
7.5 km NNW
Mount Kintore
, 268309S, 1308279E,
May 9, 1994
(
SAM 1997
/91, 92), 2
?;
41 km
W Vokes Hill
corner, 288329S, 1308169E,
Apr. 14, 1994
,
pitfall
(
D. Hirst
,
SAM 1996
/418), 1?.
Western Australia
:
edge,
Great Sandy Desert
, windmill
30 km
on
Telfer Road
, 218439S, 1228149E,
June 28–29, 1988
(D.
South
,
L. McKenna
,
WAM 96
/661), 1
?;
Kintyre
, 228199S, 1228049E,
Nov. 1988
(
S. Harold
,
WAM 96
/669), 1
/;
7–8 km
WNW Point Salvation
, 288129S, 1238369E,
Oct. 11–13, 1990
,
pitfall
(E.
Pianka
,
WAM 96
/668), 1
/.
Figs. 618–621.
Asadipus cape
,
new species
.
618.
Left male palp, ventral view.
619.
Same, retrolateral view.
620.
Epigynum, ventral view.
621.
Same, dorsal view.
DISTRIBUTION: Western and
South Australia
(map 66).