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
Pseudolampona warrandyte
,
new species
Figures 742–745
;
Map 84
TYPES:
Female
holotype
and male
allotype
from
Warrandyte
, 378459S, 1458139E,
Victoria
(
July 12, 1980
;
R. Raven
), deposited in
QMB
(
S25988
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the very long and medially expanded median apophysis (fig. 742), females by the long and widely separated lateral epigynal margins (fig. 744).
MALE: Total length 3.0. Abdominal dorsum and sides with six dark chevrons, last three fused at sides; venter with three dark, longitudinal stripes (anterior along midline, pair of more posterior paramedians); legs unmarked. Retrolateral tibial apophysis greatly widened at base (fig. 743); median apophysis long, widest near midpoint (fig. 742).
FEMALE: Total length 3.4. Coloration as in male. Lateral epigynal margins reaching as far anterior as anterior tip of spermathecae, widely separated anteriorly (fig. 744); spermathecae relatively long, thick (fig. 745).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Australian Capital Territory
:
Black Mountain
, 358169S, 1498069E (
NMV
K3625
), 1/.
New South Wales
:
Bungonia
, 348529S, 1498579E, mid
Dec. 1989
–mid
Feb. 1990
,
pitfall
(
G. Hunt
,
AMS
KS22731
), 1
/;
Bungonia Caves
, near
Information Center
, 348509S, 1508049E, mid
Oct.
–mid
Nov. 1989
,
pitfall
(G.
Hunt
,
AMS
KS22561
), 1
?;
Mount Flora
, near
Mittagong
, 348229S, 1508269E,
Apr. 15, 1976
,
Berlese
, dry sclerophyll (
R. Sadler
,
R. Taylor
,
QMB
), 2?, 1/.
Victoria
:
Coranderrk
,
Sept. 2, 1976
(
V. Salanitri
,
QMB
S26776
), 1
?;
RichMurrungowar Coupe
, 378349S, 1488389E,
May 7–13, 1992
, upslope
pitfall
(R.
Coy
,
NMV
K3531
,
3539
), 2
?;
Warrandyte
, 378459S, 1458139E,
July 12, 1980
(
R. Raven
,
QMB
S25988
), 1
?.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern
New South Wales
, the
Australian Capital Territory
, and eastern
Victoria
(map 84).