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 Paralampona domain , new species Figures 788–791 ; Map 90 TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in grass tussocks at Queens Domain , 428529S, 1478199E, Tasmania ( Sept. 1, 1934 ; V. Hickman ), deposited in AMS ( KS29340 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the distally narrowed and hooked embolus (figs. 788, 789), females by the medially directed spermathecal lobes (figs. 790, 791). MALE: Total length 1.5. Abdomen grayish brown, legs light orange. Palpal femur unmodified, retrolateral tibial apophysis long, narrow (fig. 789); embolus basally wide, distally narrow, hooked (fig. 790). FEMALE: Total length 2.5. Abdomen pale tan. Epigynum with posterior ducts forming semicircle (fig. 791), spermathecae with medially directed terminal lobes (fig. 792). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Australian Capital Territory : Black Mountain , 358169S, 1498069E, Oct. 7, 1976 , Berlese , dry sclerophyll ( T. Weir , QMB ), 1/, Oct.–Nov. 1983 , pitfall ( R. Moran , QMB ), 1/. New South Wales : Booti Booti National Park , 328159S, 1528329E, July 20, 1996 , litter, bitou bush ( L. Wilkie , AMS KS55296 ), 2 /; Jerrabomberra Hill , near Queanbeyan , 358239S, 1498139E, Sept. 30, 1976 , Berlese , dry sclerophyll, elev. 783 m (R. Taylor , T. Weir , QMB ), 1 /; Murrumbidgee River , Narranderra , 348459S, 1468339E, July 5, 1968 , Berlese , eucalypt litter ( J. Watson , QMB ), 1/. Queensland : Lake Broadwater , via Dalby , 278219S, 1518069E, Feb. 25–Apr. 22, 1986 , pitfalls ( M. Bennie , QMB S34316 , 34325 ), 2/. South Australia : Aldinga , 358169S, 1388299E, Berlese ( QMB ), 1 /; Breakneck River , Flinders Chase , Kangaroo Island , 358569S, 1368379E, Nov. 8, 1990 , litter (E. Matthews , SAM N1997 /119), 1 /; Kelly Hill Caves camp area, Kangaroo Island , 358599S, 1368549E, Nov. 10, 1987 , litter under thomasia (D. HIrst, SAM N1997 /116, 117), 2 /; Loftia Recreation Park , Mount Lofty Ranges , 358029S, 1388429E, Sept. 14, 1989 , litter (D. Hirst , SAM N1997 /120), 1 /; foot, Marble Range , near homestead, 348259S, 1358319E, Mar. 29, 1987 , litter near creek (D. Lee , D. Hirst , SAM N1997 /118), 1/. Tasmania : 15 km ENE Cranbrook , 418579S, 1488149E, Jan. 28, 1983 , Berlese , leaf litter ( I. Naumann , J. Cardale , QMB ), 1 /; Maggs Mountain , Sept. 23, 1981 (R. Green , QVM 13 :42041), 1 /; Northeast Tasmania , Feb. 1993 ( QVM 13 : 20837, 20871), 1?, 2 /; Queens Domain , 428529S, 1478199E, Sept. 1, 1934 , grass tussocks (V. Hickman , AMS KS29340 ), 1?, 2/, Aug.–Sept. 1942 , grass tussocks (V. Hickman , AMS KS29238 ), 6?, 5/, May 1948 , grass tussocks (V. Hickman , AMS KS32533 ), 1?, June 5, 1948 (V. Hickman , AMS KS32534 ), 1/, Mar. 1968 , grass tussocks ( V. Hickman , AMS KS29348 ), 1 /; Waterhouse Point , 408519S, 1478389E, Nov. 1986 , coastal heath ( T. Churchill , QVM 13 : 1152), 1?, Oct. 1987 , coastal heath ( T. Churchill , QVM 13 :3567), 1/, 1987, coastal heath ( T. Churchill , QVM 13 :3930), 1/. Victoria : Cape Schanck , 388309S, 1448539E, May 28, 1978 ( V. Salanitri , QMB S26735 ), 1?, 1/, July 8, 1978 ( V. Salanitri , QMB S26714 , 26746 ), 2 /; Chiltern Forest , 368109S, 1468379E, Feb. 1967 , Berlese , leaf litter (R. McInnes , QMB ), 1 /; Lederderg Gorge , Aug. 12, 1981 , under rock (M. Harvey , NMV K3624 ), 2 /; Longforest Road , 6.5 km NE Bacchus Marsh , 378419S, 1448279E, Aug. 25, 1981 , eucalypt litter (M. Harvey , B. Roberts , NMV K3623 ), 4 /; Rotamah Island , The Lakes National Park , June 11, 1990 , sieved Banksia litter (D. Black , WAM 96 /1527, 1528), 2 /. Figs. 788–791. Paralampona domain , new species . 788. Left male palp, ventral view. 789. Same, retrolateral view. 790. Epigynum, ventral view. 791. Same, dorsal view. Map 90. Records of Paralampona domain , new species (circles) and P. marangaroo , new species (squares). Figs. 792–795. Paralampona marangaroo , new species . 792. Left male palp, ventral view. 793. Same, retrolateral view. 794. Epigynum, ventral view. 795. Same, dorsal view. DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Australia , including Tasmania (map 90).