A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)
Author
PLATNICK, NORMAN I.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2002
2002-09-19
2002
271
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Longrita zuytdorp
,
new species
Figures 415–418
;
Map 32
TYPE:
Male
holotype
taken in dry
pitfall
trap at
Zuytdorp
, 27
°
16
̍
S, 114
°
09
̍
E,
Western Australia
(
Oct. 14–19, 1994
;
A. Sampey
), deposited in
WAM
(99/352)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
L. grasspatch
but have a distally excavated prolateral embolar margin (fig. 415); females (not yet collected with males) also resemble those of
L. grasspatch
but lack the anterior expansions of the lateral epigynal margins (fig. 417) and have larger spermathecae (fig. 418).
MALE: Total length 10. Coloration as in
L. grasspatch
. Leg spination: femora: I–III d3 21; IV d310; metatarsus III v200. Palpal tibia deeply invaginated between basal protuberance and base of retrolateral apophysis, tip of apophysis bifid (fig. 416); embolus folded for most of its length, with strongly sclerotized retrolateral and prolateral portions separated by narrow, weakly sclerotized median portion, prolateral margin of prolateral portion distally excavated, prolateral portion of median apophysis with transverse prong extending behind embolus, tip barely visible ventrally on retrolateral side of embolus (fig. 415).
Figs. 415–418.
Longrita zuytdorp
,
new species
.
415.
Left male palp, ventral view.
416.
Same, retrolateral view.
417.
Epigynum, ventral view.
418.
Same, dorsal view.
FEMALE: Total length 12. Coloration as in
L. insidiosa
. Leg spination: femora: I–IV d3 11. Lateral epigynal margins not sinuous, outlining vshaped atrium, anterior hood bellshaped (fig. 417); spermathecae relatively large, coiled (fig. 418).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
Western Australia
:
Francois Peron National Park
, 25
°
49
̍
S, 113
°
32
̍
E,
Aug. 24–Oct. 11, 1999
,
pitfalls
(A.
Sampey
,
WAM 99
/356, 357), 23,
Oct. 11, 1994
–
Jan. 18, 1995
,
pitfall
(
N. McKenzie
,
F. Rolfe
,
WAM 99
/355), 13
;
Junga Dam
,
Kalbarri National Park
, 27
°
45
̍
S, 114
°
21
̍
E,
Dec. 10, 1982
(
L. Koch
,
WAM 99
/ 359),
1♀
;
Kalbarri area
, ca. 27
°
43
̍
S, 114
°
10
̍
E,
Sept. 1–8, 1976
(
L. Koch
,
WAM 99
/358),
1♀
;
Leeman
, 29
°
57
̍
S, 114
°
58
̍
E,
Aug. 31, 1981
, limestone heath (
R. McMillan
,
WAM 84
/667),
1♀
;
Zuytdorp
, 27
°
16
̍
S, 114
°
04
̍
E,
Oct. 18, 1994
, under bark of log (
A. Sampey
,
WAM 99
/419), 13,
Jan. 11– May 18, 1995
,
pitfall
(
M. Harvey
,
WAM 99
/ 353), 13
;
Zuytdorp
, 27
°
16
̍
S, 114
°
09
̍
E,
Aug. 26–Oct. 16, 1994
,
pitfall
(
A. Sampey
,
WAM 99
/354), 13
.
Map 33. Records of
Longrita grasspatch
,
new species
(squares),
L. arcoona
,
new species
(circles), and
L. whaleback
,
new species
(stars).
Figs. 419–422.
Longrita findal
,
new species
.
419.
Left male palp, ventral view.
420.
Same, retrolateral view.
421.
Epigynum, ventral view.
422.
Same, dorsal view.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from
Western Australia
(map 32).