Desognaphosa halcyon, 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 halcyon , new species Figures 263–266 ; Map 16

TYPES: Female holotype and female paratype taken in a Berlese sample of rainforest litter from a site at an elevation on 870 m on Mount Halcyon , 16 ° 03 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Queensland (Nov. 24, 1993; G. Monteith, H. Janetzki), deposited in QMB ( S28751 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the beak­shaped tip of the terminal palpal elements (fig. 263), females by the broadly oval epigynal atrium (fig. 265).

MALE: Total length 7.4. Coloration as in D. malbon . Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­2­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV p0­1­0, v2­2­2, r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis directed dorsally, with bifid tip, paracymbial apophysis long, with recurved tip (fig. 264); embolus short, twisted terminal elements of bulb with beak­shaped tip (fig. 263).

FEMALE: Total length 6.5. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­2­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV p0­ 1­0, v2­2­2, r0­1­0. Epigynal atrium broadly oval (fig. 265), median ducts reaching fully to side of atrium (fig. 266).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: 4.5–5.0 km W Cape Tribulation , 16 ° 05 ̍ S, 145 ° 26 ̍ E, Oct. 1, 1982, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 760–780 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, G. Thompson, QMB S26675 ), 1♀ ; Mount Halcyon , 16 ° 03 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Nov. 22–24, 1993, pitfalls, elev. 870 m (D. Cook, G. Monteith, H. Janetzki, Roberts, QMB S28766 ), 23 ; Mount Pieter Botte , 16 ° 04 ̍ S, 145 ° 24 ̍ E, Nov. 21, 1993, pyrethrum knockdown, trees, logs, rocks, elev. 950 m (G. Monteith, H. Janetzki, QMB S28756 ), 1♀ ; Mount Sorrow plateau, 16 ° 05 ̍ S, 145 ° 26 ̍ E, Dec. 10, 1993, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 750 m (G. Monteith, QMB S28753 ), 1♀ ; Mount Sorrow summit, Cape Tribulation , 16 ° 06 ̍ S, 145 ° 26 ̍ E, Oct. 19, 1980, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 800 m (G. Monteith, QMB S26649 ), 1♀ ; Roaring Meg Valley , 16 ° 04 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Nov. 20–22, 1993, pitfall, elev. 680 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, H. Janetzki, Roberts, QMB S28764 ), 13 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Cape Tribulation area of northeastern Queensland (map 16).

Figures

Map 16. Records of Desognaphosa kroombit, new species (circle), D. bartle, new species (squares), and D. halcyon, new species (diamond).

Figs. 263–266. Desognaphosa halcyon, new species. 263. Left male palp, ventral view. 264. Same, retrolateral view. 265. Epigynum, ventral view. 266. Same, dorsal view.