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 1 1 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0090%282002%29271%3C0001%3AAROTAG%3E2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2 0003-0090 5396112 Desognaphosa halcyon , new species Figures 263–266 ; Map 16 TYPES: Female holotype and female paratype taken in a Berlese sample of rainforest litter from a site at an elevation on 870 m on Mount Halcyon , 16 ° 03 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Queensland ( Nov. 24, 1993 ; G. Monteith , H. Janetzki ), deposited in QMB ( S28751 ) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the beak­shaped tip of the terminal palpal elements (fig. 263), females by the broadly oval epigynal atrium (fig. 265). MALE: Total length 7.4. Coloration as in D. malbon . Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­2­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV p0­1­0, v2­2­2, r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis directed dorsally, with bifid tip, paracymbial apophysis long, with recurved tip (fig. 264); embolus short, twisted terminal elements of bulb with beak­shaped tip (fig. 263). Figs. 263–266. Desognaphosa halcyon , new species . 263. Left male palp, ventral view. 264. Same, retrolateral view. 265. Epigynum, ventral view. 266. Same, dorsal view. FEMALE: Total length 6.5. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­2­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV p0­ 1­0, v2­2­2, r0­1­0. Epigynal atrium broadly oval (fig. 265), median ducts reaching fully to side of atrium (fig. 266). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland : 4.5–5.0 km W Cape Tribulation , 16 ° 05 ̍ S, 145 ° 26 ̍ E, Oct. 1, 1982 , Berlese , sieved rainforest litter, elev. 760–780 m ( G. Monteith , D. Yeates , G. Thompson , QMB S26675 ), 1♀ ; Mount Halcyon , 16 ° 03 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Nov. 22–24, 1993 , pitfalls , elev. 870 m ( D. Cook , G. Monteith , H. Janetzki , Roberts , QMB S28766 ), 23 ; Mount Pieter Botte , 16 ° 04 ̍ S, 145 ° 24 ̍ E, Nov. 21, 1993 , pyrethrum knockdown, trees, logs, rocks, elev. 950 m ( G. Monteith , H. Janetzki , QMB S28756 ), 1♀ ; Mount Sorrow plateau, 16 ° 05 ̍ S, 145 ° 26 ̍ E, Dec. 10, 1993 , Berlese , sieved rainforest litter, elev. 750 m ( G. Monteith , QMB S28753 ), 1♀ ; Mount Sorrow summit, Cape Tribulation , 16 ° 06 ̍ S, 145 ° 26 ̍ E, Oct. 19, 1980 , Berlese , sieved rainforest litter, elev. 800 m ( G. Monteith , QMB S26649 ), 1♀ ; Roaring Meg Valley , 16 ° 04 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Nov. 20–22, 1993 , pitfall , elev. 680 m ( G. Monteith , D. Cook , H. Janetzki , Roberts , QMB S28764 ), 13 . DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Cape Tribulation area of northeastern Queensland (map 16).