Hemicloeina gayndah, 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-

Hemicloeina gayndah , new species Figures 553–556 ; Map 41

TYPE: Female holotype from Mount Gayndah , 25 ° 35 ̍ S, 151 ° 32 ̍ E, Queensland (Nov. 16, 2000; N. Platnick, R. Raven, B. Baehr), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species seems closest to H. spec ; males are very similar but have a longer retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 554) and a smaller, less excavated proximal prong on the conductor tip (fig. 553), females have a much narrower epigynal atrium (fig. 555).

MALE: Total length 7. Coloration as in H. somersetensis except legs distinctly bicolored, femora and patellae dark gray, more distal segments yellow. Leg spination (only femora of legs III, IV present): femora II, III r0­0­0; tibiae I, II v1p­2­2. Retrolateral tibial apophysis longer than in R. spec , extending well beyond proximal margin of cymbium (fig. 554); proximal prong of conductor tip not distally excavated (fig. 553).

FEMALE: Total length 9. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: femora: I r0­0­0; II, III p0­0­0, r0­0­0; IV p0­0­0; tibiae: III v1p­2­ 2; IV r1­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­2­2; IV v1p­ 1p­2. Epigynal atrium anteriorly situated, relatively narrow, with v­shaped posterior margin (fig. 555); spermathecae with laterally directed lobes at about one­third their length (fig. 556).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One male taken with the holotype (AMNH).

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Mount Gayndah in southeastern Queensland (map 41).

Hemicloeina bulolo , new species Figures 567, 568

TYPE: Female holotype taken under bark of lower stem, 0–1 m above ground, of Araucaria hunsteinii tree 2 km E of Heads Hump Lake, Bulolo, Morobe District, 6 ° 45 ̍ S, 146 ° 30 ̍ E, Papua New Guinea (May 2, 1970; B. Gray), deposited in AMS (KS13022) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This odd female is easily recognized by its epigynal conformation, with greatly enlarged anterior ducts (figs. 567, 568); it may belong to an undescribed genus, but it seems best to retain the species in Hemicloeina until males become available for study.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in H. somersetensis . Leg spination (legs II missing): femora: I, III, IV p0­0­0, r0­0­0; tibiae: I v1p­2­0; III v1p­1p­0; IV p0­0­0, v1p­1p­1p, r0­0­0; metatarsi: III v1p­0­1p; IV v1p­0­0, r0­0­0. Epigynum with pair of anterolateral depressions separated by raised median septum (fig. 567); spermathecae coiled, with greatly enlarged anterior ducts (fig. 568).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from New Guinea.

Figures

Map 41. Records of Boolathana spiralis, new species (circles), Hemicloeina somersetensis (Thorell) (squares), and H. gayndah, new species (star).

Figs. 553–556. Hemicloeina gayndah, new species. 553. Left male palp, ventral view. 554. Same, retrolateral view. 555. Epigynum, ventral view. 556. Same, dorsal view.

Figs. 565–568. 565, 566. Hemicloeina wyndham, new species. 567, 568. H. bulolo, new species. 565. Left male palp, ventral view. 566. Same, retrolateral view. 567. Epigynum, ventral view. 568. Same, dorsal view.