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 Centrothele kuranda , new species Figures 446–449 ; Map 50 TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in rainforest on Black Mountain Road , Kuranda , 168499S, 1458389E, Queensland ( July 1976 ; P. Filewood ), deposited in QMB ( S26505 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males have a scarcely evident dorsal tibial apophysis (fig. 447) and a long embolus that is narrow even at its base (fig. 446); females have a long, parallel­sided epigynal atrium and long, narrow epigynal midpiece (fig. 448). MALE: Total length 10.4. Abdominal dorsum gray, with pair of narrow transverse white stripes at about half its length, stripes extending around sides, venter gray with scattered small orange sclerotizations; anterior coxae, trochanters, and femoral bases darkened, almost red. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0­1­1, v1p­2­2, r0­1­1; IV v1p­2­2, r0­ 0­1; metatarsus IV r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis moderate in length, expanded at base on both dorsal and ventral sides, dorsal apophysis scarcely evident (fig. 447); embolus originating at retrolateral side of bulb, narrow throughout its length; embolar apophysis almost straight; tegular apophysis bulging; median apophysis almost triangular (fig. 446). FEMALE: Total length 11.0. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III r0­1­1; IV p0­1­1; metatarsus IV r0­1­0. Epigynal hood wide, semicircular; epigynal atrium long, with parallel sides, midpiece long, narrow (fig. 448); epigynal ducts enlarged, dorsal most ducts making almost full circle (fig. 449). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland : Davies Creek, Copperfield Road, near Cairns, 168559S, 1458329E, May 13, 1984 , 186 BULLETIN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 245 Figs. 446–449. Centrothele kuranda , new species . 446. Left male palp, ventral view. 447. Same, retrolateral view. 448. Epigynum, ventral view. 449. Same, dorsal view. under rocks in webbed burrow ( A. Dennis , QMB ), 1 /; Kirrama Forest , 188099S, 1458379E, May 1, 1981 , rainforest ( B. Ramsay , QMB S34346 ), 1 ?. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern Queensland (map 50).