Desognaphosa massey, 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-

Desognaphosa massey , new species Figures 239–242 ; Map 17

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a pitfall trap at an elevation of 1000 m at Massey Creek , 17 ° 37 ̍ S, 145 ° 34 ̍ E, Queensland (Nov. 30, 1995 – Jan. 3, 1996; L. Umback), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the relatively prolonged distal palpal elements (fig. 239), females by the anteriorly expanded median epigynal ducts, which follow the atrial channels (fig. 242).

MALE: Total length 7.2. Coloration as in D. bulburin . Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­1p­ 2; IV v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis with retrolaterally directed protuberance below bifid tip, paracymbial apophysis relatively long (fig. 240); distal palpal sclerites wrapped around each other, with long, largely straight tip (fig. 239).

FEMALE: Total length 7.7. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­1p­2; IV v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­ 2­2, r0­1­0. Epigynal atrium with posteromedian septum separating two deep, longitudinal channels (fig. 241); median ducts expanded along atrial channels (fig. 242).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Baldy Mountain Road, 5 km SW Atherton, 17 ° 16 ̍ S, 145 ° 16 ̍ E, Nov. 25, 1985, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1100 m (D. Yeates, D. Cook, QMB S16730 ), 1♀ ; Baldy Mountain Road, 7 km SW Atherton, 17 ° 17 ̍ S, 145 ° 24 ̍ E, Dec. 9, 1988, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1150 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S28745 ), 1♀ ; ‘‘ Cairns District’ ’ (locality vague, not mapped), ( AMS KS32476 ), 1♀ ; Cathedral Fig , 13 km NW Yungaburra, 17 ° 11 ̍ S, 145 ° 39 ̍ E, Dec. 10, 1988, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 750 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S28747 ), 1♀ ; The Crater National Park , 17 ° 26 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, July 23, 1992 – Apr. 15, 1993, rainforest pitfall (R., S. Raven, P., E. Lawless, QMB S19822 , 24837 ), 3♀ ; Henry Rankine Drive, Evelyn , 17 ° 30 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, Nov. 30, 1997 – Feb. 5, 1998, rainforest pitfall, elev. 1120 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S43886 ), 1♀ ; Kjellberg Road turnoff, 17 ° 32 ̍ S, 145 ° 36 ̍ E, Nov. 25, 1994 – Jan. 10, 1995, pitfall, elev. 750 m (G. Monteith, Hasenpusch, QMB S28771 ), 23, Jan. 10­Mar. 31, 1996, same ( QMB S30962 ), 13 ; Longlands Gap, 17 ° 28 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, June 1–July 3, 1995, Malaise trap, elev. 1150 m (P. Zborowski , QMB), 13, Nov. 30, 1995 – Jan. 3, 1996, pitfall, elev. 1150 m (L. Umback, QMB), 13, Feb. 5–27, 1996, intercept trap, elev. 1150 m (L. Umback, QMB), 13 ; Majors Mountain , 17 ° 38 ̍ S, 145 ° 32 ̍ E, Apr. 14–20, 1978, rainforest, in or under logs (R. Raven, V. Davies, QMB S26657 ), 13, 1♀ ; 14 km SW Malanda, Mount Hypipamee National Park , 17 ° 26 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, July 24, 1982, streamside rainforest litter, elev. 960 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 13 ; Malanda Falls Reserve, Malanda , 17 ° 21 ̍ S, 145 ° 36 ̍ E, Oct. 6, 1980, rainforest, stick brushing, elev. 750 m (G. Monteith, QMB S26672 ), 1♀, July 22, 1982, rainforest log litter and fungi, elev. 750 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1♀ ; Massey Creek , 12 km SW Millaa Millaa, 17 ° 37 ̍ S, 145 ° 33 ̍ E, May 4, 1983, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1000 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, QMB S28746 ), 13 ; Massey Creek , 17 ° 37 ̍ S, 145 ° 34 ̍ E, Dec. 1, 1994 – Jan. 3, 1995, elev. 1000 m (P. Zborowski, QMB S46229 ), 13, Jan. 3–Feb. 5, 1995, pitfall, elev. 1000 m (P. Zborowski, QMB), 23, Nov. 2–30, 1995, pitfall, elev. 1000 m (L. Umback, QMB), 13, Nov. 30, 1995 – Jan. 3, 1996, pitfalls, intercept traps, elev. 1000 m (L. Umback, QMB), 23, Jan. 3–31, 1996, pitfall, intercept traps, elev. 1000 m (L. Umback, QMB), 23, Jan. 31–Feb. 27, 1996, pitfall, elev. 1000 m (L. Umback, QMB), 13, Mar. 26–May 2, 1996, pitfalls, elev. 1000 m (P. Zborowski, QMB), 33, May 2–30, 1996, pitfall, elev. 1000 (P. Zborowski, QMB), 13 ; Mount Hypipamee National Park, The Crater , 17 ° 25 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, Apr. 25–May 2, 1998, rainforest (G. Milledge, AMS KS55300 , 55301 ), 13, 2♀ ; Millstream Conservation Park , 17 ° 32 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, Feb. 4–Apr. 15, 1999, pitfall, wet sclerophyll forest, elev. 1040 m (G., S. Monteith, QMB S49843 , 49844 ), 13, 2♀ ; Plath Road , 17 ° 23 ̍ S, 145 ° 28 ̍ E, Nov. 30, 1997, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1150 m (G. Monteith, QMB S43924 ), 1♀, Nov. 30, 1997 – Feb. 5, 1998, rainforest pitfall, elev. 1100 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S43931), 1♀ ; Rifle Range Road, 7 km W Herberton Road, Atherton area , 17 ° 17 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Apr. 26, 1998, rainforest (G. Milledge, AMS KS55297 ), 2♀ ; Tower, near The Crater National Park , 17 ° 27 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, Nov. 23, 1994, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1230 m (G. Monteith, QMB S28755 ), 13 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 17).

Figures

Map 17. Records of Desognaphosa funnel, new species (diamond), D. massey, new species (circles), and D. windsor, new species (squares).

Figs. 239–242. Desognaphosa massey, new species. 239. Left male palp, ventral view. 240. Same, retrolateral view. 241. Epigynum, ventral view. 242. Same, dorsal view.