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
Centrina enfield
,
new species
Figures 494–497
;
Map 55
TYPE:
Male
holotype
taken in
pitfall
trap at an elevation of
1080 m
on
Double Dumps Fire Trail
,
700 m
off
Daisy Patch Road
,
Enfield State Forest
, 318209S, 1518549E,
New South Wales
(
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
;
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
), deposited in
AMS
(
KS44088
)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the distinctive, lobate shape of the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 495), females by the long epigynum with narrow lateral margins (fig. 496).
MALE: Total length 6.2. Coloration as in
C. keira
. Leg spination: femora: II p000; III p000, r000; IV r000; tibiae: III p0 11, r011; IV p001, r011; metatarsi: III p010, v21p0, r010; IV p010, v221p, r010. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long, with lobate ventral projection and sharp dorsal projection (fig. 495); median apophysis with beakshaped tip bearing projection (fig. 494).
FEMALE: Total length 7.8. Coloration as in
C. keira
. Leg spination: femora: I, II p000; III p000, r000; IV r000; tibiae: III p0 11, r011; IV p011, r101; metatarsi: III p010, v220, r010; IV p101, v220, r1 00. Epigynal openings situated posteriorly, between long, narrow lateral epigynal margins (fig. 496); spermathecae elongate, anteriorly twisted (fig. 497).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
New South Wales
:
Banda Road
, ca. 4.5 km E
Hastings Forest
Highway,
Mount Boss State Forest
, 318099S, 1528259E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1100 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS39629
), 3
?;
Daisy Patch Fire Trail
, 1.9 km
S Enfield Road
,
Enfield State Forest
, 318209S, 1518549E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1130 m
(M.
Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS44086
), 3
?;
Mount Boss State Forest
, 318129S, 1528249E,
Oct. 1980
(
G. Webb
,
AMS
KS43519
,
43529
), 1?, 2
/;
N
Plateau Road
, ca. 1.5 km from
Plateau Beach Picnic Area
,
Mount Boss State Forest
, 318109S, 1528199E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1120 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS39628
), 1
?;
N
Plateau Road
, ca. 3.5 km from
Plateau Beach Picnic Area
,
Mount Boss State Forest
, 318119S, 1528209E,
Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993
,
pitfall
, elev.
1120 m
(
M. Gray
,
G. Cassis
,
AMS
KS39630
), 2
?.
Map 56. Records of
Centrina macedon
,
new species
(circles),
C. lewis
,
new species
(squares), and
Centsymplia glorious
,
new species
(triangles).
Figs. 490–493.
Centrina lewis
,
new species
.
490.
Left male palp, ventral view.
491.
Same, retrolateral view.
492.
Epigynum, ventral view.
493.
Same, dorsal view.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern
New South Wales
(map 55).