Fissarena woodleigh, PLATNICK, 2002

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Fissarena woodleigh , new species Figures 495–500 , 517–520 ; Map 40

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in pitfall trap at Woodleigh Station , 26 ° 12 ̍ S, 114 ° 25 ̍ E, Western Australia (Jan. 12–May 17, 1995; P. West), deposited in WAM (99/496, 497) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the conspicuous, rounded edge formed by the posterior half of the median apophysis (fig. 517), females by the large, tongueshaped epigynal atrium (fig. 519).

MALE: Total length 9. Coloration as in F. castanea . Leg spination: tibiae: II v1p­2­2; III p1­0­1; metatarsi: II v2­0­0; III p1­0­0, r0­1­0; IV p1­0­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis expanded distally (fig. 518); median portion of proximal half of bulb occupied by enlarged, rounded edge of median apophysis (fig. 517).

FEMALE: Total length 10. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora II, III r0­1­0; tibiae: I, II v1p­1p­2; III p0­0­0, r0­1­1; metatarsi: II v2­0­0; III p0­0­0, r0­0­0; IV p0­0­0. Epigynal atrium long, tongue­shaped (fig. 519); median epigynal ducts fused at about half their length (fig. 520).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Bidgemia Station, Gasgoyne Junction , 25 ° 07 ̍ S, 115 ° 26 ̍ E, June 6–Aug. 20, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 99 /512), 13 ; Bidgemia Station, Gasgoyne Junction , 25 ° 13 ̍ S, 115 ° 31 ̍ E, Jan. 13–June 5, 1995, pitfall (J. Waldock, WAM 99 /510), 13 ; Boolathana Station , 24 ° 25 ̍ S, 113 ° 45 ̍ E, Sept. 30, 1994 – Jan. 15, 1995, pitfalls (N. McKenzie, J. Rolfe, WAM 99 /515–518), 33, 1♀, Jan. 15–May 31, 1995, pitfall (J. Waldock, WAM 99 /511), 13 ; Boolathana Station , 24 ° 25 ̍ S, 113 ° 46 ̍ E, Jan. 15–May 31, 1995, pitfall (J. Waldock, WAM 99 /502), 13 ; Bungalbin Hill , 30 ° 17 ̍ S, 119 ° 43 ̍ E, Dec. 1981, pitfall, tree/mallee ecotone (W. Humphreys, WAM 99 /513, 514), 2♀ ; Francois Peron National Park , 26 ° 50 ̍ S, 113 ° 36 ̍ E, Oct. 12, 1994 – Jan. 18, 1995, pitfall (N. McKenzie, J. Rolfe, WAM 99 /501), 13 ; Nanga Station , 26 ° 29 ̍ S, 114 ° 03 ̍ E, Oct. 16, 1994 – Jan. 19, 1995, pitfalls (N. McKenzie, J. Rolfe, WAM 99 /498, 499), 23, Jan. 19–May 11, 1995, pitfalls (A. Sampey, WAM 99 /503, 504) 13, 1♀ ; Nerren Nerren Station , 27 ° 03 ̍ S, 114 ° 35 ̍ E, Oct. 16, 1994 – Jan. 11, 1995, pitfall (N. McKenzie, J. Rolfe, WAM 99 /507), 13 ; Nerren Nerren Station , 27 ° 03 ̍ S, 114 ° 36 ̍ E, Jan. 11–May 11, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 99 /508, 509), 13, 1♀ ; Woodleigh Station , 26 ° 12 ̍ S, 114 ° 32 ̍ E, Jan. 12–May 17, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 99 /505, 506), 23 ; Woodleigh Station , 26 ° 13 ̍ S, 114 ° 36 ̍ E, Jan. 12–May 17, 1995, pitfall (P. West, WAM 99 /500), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Western Australia (map 40).

Figures

Map 40. Records of Fissarena barlee, new species (circles), F. woodleigh, new species (squares), F. laverton, new species (stars), and F. longipes (Hogg) (cross).

Figs. 495–500. Fissarena woodleigh, new species, spinnerets of male (left) and female (right), distal views. 495, 496. Anterior lateral spinnerets. 497, 498. Posterior median spinnerets. 499, 500. Posterior lateral spinnerets.

Figs. 517–520. Fissarena woodleigh, new species. 517. Left male palp, ventral view. 518. Same, retrolateral view. 519. Epigynum, ventral view. 520. Same, dorsal view.