Centrina blundells, PLATNICK, 2000

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2000, A Relimitation And Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (245), pp. 1-328 : 193-194

Centrina blundells , new species Figures 466–469 ; Map 53

TYPE: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap at Lees and Blundells Creeks, Brindabella Ranges, 358229S, 1488509E, Australian Cap­ ital Territory (Oct. 1981; C. Dickman), deposited in QMB .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. kota but can be distinguished by the more sinuous embolus and wider embolar apophysis (fig. 466); females can easily be recognized by the sinuous epigynal septum (fig. 468) and long median ducts (fig. 469).

MALE: Total length 8.1. Coloration as in C. keira . Leg spination: femora: III p0­1­1, r0­1­1; IV r0­0­0; tibiae III, IV p0­1­1; metatarsi III, IV p0­1­1, r0­1­1. Retrolateral tibial apophysis arched, bifid at tip (fig. 467); embolar apophysis wide, tegular apophysis with blunt tip, without distinct apical projection, median apophysis widened posteriorly (fig. 466).

FEMALE: Total length 7.1. Coloration as in C. keira . Leg spination: femora: I, II p0­0­0; III p0­0­0, r0­0­0; IV r0­0­0; tibiae: III p0­ 1­1, r0­1­1; IV p0­0­0, r0­1­1; metatarsi III, IV p0­1­1, r0­1­1. Epigynum with long sep­ tum, septum wider at middle than at front or back (fig. 468); median ducts long, extending almost full length of epigynum (fig. 469).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Australian Capital Territory: Blundells Creek Road, 358229S, 1488509E, Dec. 18, 1988, bell/ pit trap ( CMNH), 1?, 3 /; Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve , 358289S, 1488529E, Mar. 9, 1978, pitfalls (P. Ormay, AMS KS13826 , 13867 ), 5?, 14 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Australian Capital Territory (map 53).

Figures

Map 53. Records of Centrina kota, new species (circles) and C. blundells, new species (squares).

Figs. 466–469. Centrina blundells, new species. 466. Left male palp, ventral view. 467. Same, retrolateral view. 468. Epigynum, ventral view. 469. Same, dorsal view.