Centrina keira, 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 : 189-191

Centrina keira , new species Figures 454–457 ; Map 51

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in a pitfall trap in litter on Mount Keira Fauna Reserve Scout Camp , 348249S, 1508519E, New South Wales (Dec. 20, 1978 – Jan. 17, 1979; C. Horseman), deposited in AMS ( KS2370 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the bent retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 455) and the long apical projection on the tegular apophysis (fig. 454), females by the deeply excavated lateral pockets of the epigynal atrium (fig. 456).

MALE: Total length 7.7. Abdominal dorsum gray, with narrow transverse white stripe at about half its length, sides mottled with gray, venter pale white, with two paramedian rows of small orange sclerites; legs unmarked. Leg spination: tibia III r0­1­1; metatarsus III p0­1­1. Retrolateral tibial apophysis bent, bifid at tip (fig. 455); embolar apophysis long, straight; tegular apophysis with narrow apical projection; median apophysis deeply excavated prolaterally (fig. 454).

FEMALE: Total length 10.3. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femur III d1­1­0, p0­ 1­1. Epigynal atrium wide, almost rectangular, with posterolateral openings (fig. 456); median ducts narrow, anteriorly bent (fig. 457).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Beecroft , 338459S, 1518049E, Aug. 31, 1992 (J. Noble, AMS KS55329 ), 1 ?; Forest Drive, Kiola State Forest , 16–18 km N Bateman’s Bay, 358379S, 1508169E, Oct. 5–Nov. 2, 1978, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS2020 ), 1?, Nov. 2–30, 1978, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS2114 ), 1?, Nov. 30, 1978 – Jan. 4, 1979, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS2297 ), 1/, June 14– Sept. 12, 1979, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS3839 ), 1?, Sept. 7–Oct. 4, 1979, pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS3931 ), 1 ?; The Gibb, Mittagong , 348279S, 1508279E, Oct. 24, 1987, under logs and rocks (G. Hunt, AMS KS18104 ), 1 ?; Minnamurra Falls , 348389S, 1508519E, Oct. 9–11, 1987, pitfall ( AMS KS29709 ), 2?, 1 /; Mount Keira Fauna Reserve Scout Camp , 348249S, 1508519E, Dec. 20, 1978 – Jan. 17, 1979, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS2414 ), 1?, Feb. 14–Mar. 14, 1979, litter pitfall (C. Horseman, AMS KS2792 ), 1 /; Scalloway, Willowvale, near Gerringong , 348459S, 1508509E, Nov.–Dec. , 1979, litter pitfall (G. Wishart, AMS KS4306 ), 1?, 5/, Oct. 7– Nov. 5, 1986 (G. Wishart, AMS KS17404 , 17405 , 17423 ), 3?, Dec. 5, 1986, in pool (G. Wishart, AMS KS31716 ), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal New South Wales (map. 51).

2000 PLATNICK: AUSTRALASIAN SPIDER FAMILY LAMPONIDAE 191

Figures

Map 51. Records of Centrothele mossman, new species (square) and Centrina keira, new species (circles).

Figs. 454–457. Centrina keira, new species. 454. Left male palp, ventral view. 455. Same, retrolateral view. 456. Epigynum, ventral view. 457. Same, dorsal view.