Centrina lewis, 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 : 199-200

Centrina lewis , new species

Figures 490–493 ; Map 56

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a pitfall trap in rainforest on Mount Lewis , 168359S, 1458179E, Queensland (Jan.–Mar. 1988; G. Wood), deposited in QMB ( S15634 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the very small median apophysis (fig. 490), females by the wide epigynal hood (fig. 492).

MALE: Total length 8.5. Abdominal dorsum without transverse white strip, scutum reaching to about two­thirds of abdominal length, venter with four longitudinal rows of small sclerotizations; legs unmarked. Leg spination: femora III, IV r0­0­0; tibiae: III p0­1­1, v0­1p­2, r0­1­1; IV p0­0­0, v1p­1p­ 2, r0­1­1; metatarsi III, IV p0­1­0, v2­1p­0, r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis small, longer dorsally than ventrally (fig. 491); embolar apophysis protuberant, stronger than embolus, tegular apophysis without apical projection, median apophysis small, short (fig. 490).

FEMALE: Total length 12.8. Coloration and leg spination as in male. Epigynum with distinctively wide anterior hood, openings small, situated posteriorly near midline (fig. 492); spermathecae not obscured by translucent ducts (fig. 493).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Devils Thumb , 10 km NW Mossman, 168239S, 1458179E, Oct. 12, 1982, rainforest, pyrethrum knockdown (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, Thompson, QMB S26496 ), 1 ?; 7 km N Mount Spurgeon , 168269S, 1458129E, Oct. 17–19, 1991, pitfall, elev. 1200–1250 m (G. Monteith, H. Janetzki, D. Cook, L. Roberts, QMB S30336 ), 1?, 1 /; head Roots Creek ,

12 km WNW Mossman, 168269S, 1458129E, Dec. 28–29, 1990, elev. 1200 m (QMB S32414 ), 1/.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern Queensland (map 56).

Figures

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.