Centrina kota, 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 : 192-193

Centrina kota , new species Figures 462–465 ; Map 53

TYPE: Female holotype from Kota, Mount Boss State Forest, 318129S, 1528249E, New

South Wales (Oct. 1980), deposited in AMS (KS43568).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the blunt tip of the tegular apophysis and greatly widened conductor (fig. 462), females by the heart­shaped atrium in a rectangular epigynum (fig. 464).

MALE: Total length 6.8. 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 p0­1­1, v2­1p­1p, r0­1­1; IV p0­1­1, r0­1­1. Retrolateral tibial apophysis arched, bifid at tip (fig. 463); embolar apophysis short, straight, tegular apophysis with blunt tip, without distinct apical projection, median apophysis beak­shaped (fig. 462).

FEMALE: Total length 6.1. Coloration as in C. keira . Leg spination: femora: II p0­0­0; III p0­0­0, r0­0­0; IV r0­0­0; tibiae III, IV p0­1­1, v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi III, IV p0­ 1­1, v2­1p­1p, r0­1­1. Epigynum rectangular, with heart­shaped, anterior situated atrium (fig. 464); median ducts situated posterior of translucent ducts (fig. 465).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Bonnie Vale Camp, Bundeena, Royal National Park , 348069S, 1518079E, Aug. 11– 13, 1990, open coastal sclerophyll (C. Griswold, T. Meikle, USNM), 2 /; Cathedral of Ferns area, Mount Wilson , 338309S, 1508239E, Nov. 15–Dec. 12, 1978, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS2144 ), 1 ?; Gibraltar Range , 298369S, 1528119E, Nov. 10, 1980, open forest (R. Raven, QMB S28258 ), 2 /; Waterfall Picnic Area Trail, Mount Wilson , 338309S, 1508239E, Nov. 15–Dec. 14, 1979, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS4324 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: New South Wales (map 53).

Figures

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

Figs. 462–465. Centrina kota, new species. 462. Left male palp, ventral view. 463. Same, retrolateral view. 464. Epigynum, ventral view. 465. Same, dorsal view.